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Edition 103: Jan-Mar 2011

Women and Islam

	Women and Islam
	Written by Susan Blackburn
	Reformers, resisters and devotees show the diverse female faces of Indonesian Islam
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	Chanting for piety
	Written by Arif Zamhari
	Increasing numbers of Muslim women are joining zikir or religious chanting groups despite strong criticism from some quarters
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	Leading, healing, seeking
	Written by Bianca Smith
	Sufi women defy traditional beliefs about female spiritual inferiority
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	Pious and mobile
	Written by Julian Millie
	Bandung’s women are more active in developing Islamic skills than the city’s men
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	Shaping modern Muslim women
	Written by Virginia Hooker
	Glossy magazines provide Islamic life-style guidance for middle class Muslim women which is more than skin deep
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	Living Islam
	Written by Clare Harvey
	Lies Marcoes Natsir believes Islam can be applied in daily life in a way that empowers women and enables gender equality
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	Interpreting Islam for women
	Written by Joanne McMillan
	For over two decades, Farha Ciciek has been at the forefront of efforts to promote understandings of Islam that advocate tolerance and justice for women
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	When there is no husband
	Written by Nina Nurmila
	Indonesian marriage legislation and popular interpretations of Islam recognise only males as heads of families, resulting in discrimination against women who assume that role
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	Inspired by history
	Written by Eka Srimulyani
	Women in Aceh now have more opportunities to play public and political roles, but they still face many obstacles
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	Standing up for morals
	Written by Claudia Nef
	A group of women students in Yogyakarta see sexual morality as an issue of national concern
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