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Naasira bint Ellison's paper attempts to clear up common misconceptions about Muslim women.
http://www.thetruereligion.org/distorted.htm

Paper discussing the practice of female genital cutting, questioning its legitimacy in Muslim cultural practice.
http://www.mwlusa.org/publications/positionpapers/fgm.html

Brief article on the historical role of women as Islamic teachers and disseminators of knowledge as compared to the modern Muslim world.
http://www.muslim-canada.org/lawwomen.html

Academic paper exploring the issues of marital instability among Bangladeshi working wives.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/Lubna.html

A collection of articles on issues around the role and place of women in Muslim belief and practice.
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/6443/women/

Information for Muslim women on a variety of topics by the Hanafi scholar Hajjah Naziha Adil.
http://www.kamilat.org/Articles/wisdom.htm

A tabled comparison of Biblical and Qur'anic passages concerning women.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/religions/woman.html

Paper arguing for the implementation of a dual-sex concept of society.
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/womensociety.html

Information, articles and links on a variety of topics concerning women in Islam. Also includes a directory of international links.
http://www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm

This paper seeks to examine the position and status of women in Bangladesh in relation to the interplay of religion and politics.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/Tazeen.html

Dr Mohammad Omar Farooq's opinion pieces, including on the contribution of Muslim women in history, a resolution on the issue of wife-beating and a call for women scholars.
http://www.globalwebpost.com/far...oqm/writings/gender/default.html

Paper by Dr Lois Lamya' al Faruqi looking at Muslim social, psychological, and economic traditions and how feminism is received.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Shax2/islam/feminism.html

Online publication of Dr Ausaf Ali's work on gender, sexuality, and marriage in Islam with particular focus on the tensions between traditionalist and modernist views within lived Islam.
http://cyber_bangla0.tripod.com/aa/Islam_Rethought.html

A tradtionalist interpretation of the position of Muslim women in Islamic society.
http://www.jamiat.org.za/isinfo/ewomen.html