Women and peace in the Islamic world : gender, agency and influence /

Women and peace in the Islamic world : gender, agency and influence /

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Imprint:London : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2015.
©2015
Description:1 online resource (xii, 428 pages)
Language:English
Series:Library of modern Middle East studies ; 164
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 164.
Subject:
Women and peace -- Islamic countries.
Women in Islam.
Political violence -- Islamic countries.
Political violence.
Women and peace.
Women in Islam.
Islamic countries.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12350746
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Other authors / contributors:Saikia, Yasmin, editor.
Haines, Chad, editor.
ISBN:9780857737250
0857737252
9781784530174
1784530174
0755608852
9780755608850
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-407) and index.
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Summary:How realistic is the prospect of peace in the Middle East? This question is the predominant focus for global analysis in the area, but its debate frequently ignores the cultural and social complexity of the Muslim world, reducing the region to a system of states and major figures. This book addresses such a failing by exploring how the everyday interactions of women, in accordance with Islamic personal ethics, can offer the world a new interpretation of peace. Drawing upon original research from different parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, including Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt and Sudan, the authors offer a refreshing new look at Muslim women as peacemakers, challenging any assumptions of Islam as an inherently violent religion. Such a timely work provides a new and important perspective on the role of Muslim women in forging new pathways of peace in the contemporary world. --Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Women and peace in the Islamic world. London : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2015 9781784530174

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