Through sunni women’s eyes: Black feminism and the nation of islam

Souls

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 19-30

  Karim, Jamillah ^a  

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Author keywords

Female headed households; Feminism; Gender roles; Imam W.D. Mohammed; Male accountability; Nation of Islam; Slavery; Sunni Islam; Women s covering; Women s interpretation of the Qur'an

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015100645     PISSN: 10999949     EISSN: 15483843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10999940601057325     Document Type: Article

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