Muslim women and feminisms: Illustrations from the Iranian experience

Social Compass

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-434

  Afshar, Haleh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Islamic Law   (France)

Author keywords

Education; Feminism; Interpretations of the faith; Islam; Women and Islamic laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749095277     PISSN: 00377686     EISSN: 14617404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037768607080838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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