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Women presented the first effective challenge to the Islamic regime and the clerical authority in post-revolutionary Iran. Women's activism in support of their legal rights and personal freedom, however, did not develop into a strong movement against the rising fundamentalism. The Iranian socialists did not support women's autonomous organizations. The convergence of the Left's populism with Islamic populism, and the influence of the Iranian/S...

In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora. Presenting the latest research from a variety of locations on both sides of The Atlantic, this volume will be of interest to scholars with interests in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender studies, and migration.

Charts the experiences of the Islamic diaspora around the world. This book examines various dimensions of life in the Diaspora and demonstrates that identity is always constructed in relation to others. It shows how religious identity in diaspora is mediated by many other factors such as: Gender, Class, Ethnic origin, and, National status.

An accessible introduction to postmodernism, feminist theory and Islamic fundamentalism, this book is a highly controversial intervention into the debate on postmodernism and feminism which looks at what happens when they are jointly employed to illuminate the sexual politics of Islam. The author describes the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the West's response to it. Postmodernism has exposed the vested interests implicit in racist stereot...

In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora. Presenting the latest research from a variety of locations on both sides of The Atlantic, this volume will be of interest to scholars with interests in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender studies, and migration.

This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries.

This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries.