Lifting the Veil: Women’s Rights Under Islamic Law
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Lifting the Veil: Women’s Rights Under Islamic Law

This paper attempts to examine the following questions. Does Islam provide for gender equality? To what extent this equality of sexes is found in practice in Islamic societies? Are there any deviations from the scriptural precepts of gender equality? What reformative measures have been undertaken in Muslim countries to improve the status of women by enacting laws?