Ahmed, Leila Women and gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate.

Angeles, V. 1996. "Women and Revolution: Philippine Muslim Women's participation in the Moro-National-Liberation Front." Muslim World . Vol. 86, No. 2 (April) 130-147.

Note: Interesting biographical account of her experiences starting out as a Muslim Feminist and a scholar in the US who has returned to Pakistan in order to help begin a Muslim Feminist Movement there. Also covers "The Three Myths" about the Quran and especially, the problematic Surat An-Nisa from which fundamental gender inequality is often inferred by Muslim men.

____________ date? "Feminist Theology and Women in the Muslim World: An Interview with Riffat Hassan" (by Betty Milstead). in Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Riffat Hassan, Selected Articles.. (??)

____________ date? "What does it Mean to be a Muslim Today?" in Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Riffat Hassan, Selected Articles.. (??)

____________ date? "Equal Before Allah?" in Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Riffat Hassan, Selected Articles.. (??)

____________ date? "The Role and Responsibilities of Women in the Legal and Ritual Tradition of Islam ("Shari'ah")." in Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Riffat Hassan, Selected Articles.. (??)

____________ date? "Women in Islam (Al-Quran and AlHadith)." in Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Riffat Hassan, Selected Articles.. (??)

Note: Quotes from the Quran and Hadiths about specific gender topics.

____________ 1982. "On Human Rights and the Quranic Perspective." in Human Rights in Religious Literatures., Arlene Swidler, ed. New York: The Pilgrim Press (51-?).

Note: Includes the Achenese Queens.

_____________ 1991 a. Can we Women Head a Muslim State? Lahore: Simorgh, Women's Resource and Publications Centre.

_____________ 1991 b. The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. Reading: Addison-Wesley, Co.

_____________ 1987. The Fundamentalist Obsession with Women: A Current Areticulation of Class Conflicts in Modern Muslim Societies. Lahore: Women's Resource and Publications Centre.

_____________ 1986. Women in Muslim Paradise. New Delhi: Kali for Women.

_____________ 1975. Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society. Cambridge: Schenkman Pub.

Moghadar, V.M., ed. Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim Societies. Karachi: Oxford University Press.

Murata, Sachiko 1992. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relations in Islamic Thought. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Muslim World Vol. 86, No. 2 (April, 1996): Women in the Islamic Maelstron. (special edition).

Note: An excellent balance of general issues in Islam and the specific: in case studies from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, and Yemen and some specific examples from Indonesia. Materials collected at a 1991 Conference by the Special Programme on Women and Development "on the applicability of policy on Women and Development in developing countries, with special emphasis being placed on the concept of autonomy." (see table of contents).

Note: A discussion of four books on Islamic feminism published in 1994, including an Indonesian translation of Fatimah Mernissi's Women in Islam, Amina Wadud Muhsin's Wanita di dalam al-Qur'an (from?), Mazhar ul Haq Khan Wanita Islam Korban Patologi Sosial (from?) and Ashgar Ali Engineer's Hak-hak Perempuan dalam Islam (from India).

Bowan, John 1992. "Elaborating Scriptures: Cain and Abel in gayo Society." Man Vol 27, No. 3. (September) 495.

Bowan, John 1992. "On Scriptual Essentialism and Ritual Variation: Muslim Sacrifice in Sumatra and Morrocco." American Ethnologist. Vol 19, No. 4 (November) 656.

Brenner, S. 1996. "Reconstructing Self and Society: Javanese Muslim Women and "the Veil." American Ethnologist. Vol 23, No. 4 (November) 673-697.

Note: Contains a discussion of the position of women in Islam in Indonesia which includes the opinions of Syafi'i Anwar, M. Dawan Rahardjo, Marwah Daud Ibrahim, Julia K. Suryakusuma, Gevarina, Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Lies Marcoes, Wardah Hafidz, and Sita Aripurnami.

Note: This writer is known as a "Islamic liberation Theologist." He brings together Marxist theory and Islamic texts to argue for the revision of the Syari'ah in order to give women more rights economically and socially.

_____________ 199? "Misogyny dan Fundamentalisme Islam." in Ulumul Qur'an. (dates?)

Note: Highly recommended as an excellent overview of the current situation in Indonesia with a very useful bibliography as well.

Megawangi, Ratna 1994. "Feminisme: Menindas Peran Ibu Rumah-Tangga (Feminism: Crushing the Role of the Housewife). Ulumul Qur'an, Special Edition, No. 5 and 6, (30-41).

Note: A noted anti-feminist, Ratna sees feminism as an import from the West, and argues that feminism will create many problems for women. She does not discuss Islam directly.

Munir, Lily Zakiyah 1994. Islam and the Advancement of Women. Jakarta: Forum for Islam and the Advancement of Women

Note: A Compilation of Papers presented at the Workshop on Islam and the Advancement of Women. Seems like the most useful text from Indonesia that is in English.

Note: A contemporary women's magazine devoted to traditional views of women in Islam, in the style of other (secular) Indonesian women's magazines, featuring such articles as "Mengapa Mesti Membuka Jilbab?" (Why should we reject the Veil?) and "Jangan Coba-coba Dekati Zina!" (Avoid Adultery!).

Note: Includes:
Abdurrahman Wahid, "Dilema Budaya Wanita islam Indonesia masa Kini"
Kuntowijoyo: "Arah Pengembangan Organisasi Wanita islam Indonesia: Kemungkinan-Kemungkinannya" (Directions for the Development of Islamic Women`s Organizations: some Possibilities), 129-134.
Wardah Hafidz: "Organisasi Wanita Islam dalam Pengembangannya" (Islamic Women's Organizations in Development) 135-141.
Toeti Heraty Noerhadi: "Dilema Budaya Wanita Islam Masa Kini" (Social Dilemmas for Islamic Women Today), 219-228.

Abdullah, Rashidah, et al 1995. Battered Women in Malaysia: Prevalence, Problems, and Public Attitudes: A Summary Report of Women's Aid Organization, Malaysia's NationaolResearch on Domestic Violence. Kuala Lumpur: Petaling jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan: Women's Aid Organisation.

Ahmed, Salbiah 1992. "The Judiciary and the Appointment of Women Judges in the Syariah Courts of Malaysia. SAMA. Vol 1, No. 1, 8-13.

Ariffin, Jamilah, ed. 1994. Readings on Women and Development in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Populations Studies Unit, University of Malaya.

Note: index mentions only 10 pages out of 500 under heading of "Islam."

________________, 1992. Poverty Amidst Plenty: Research Findings and the Gender Dimension in Malaysia. Petaling Jaya: Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia: Pelaunduk Publications.

________________, 1991. Women's Studies in Malaysia: An Overview and a Reference Bibliography. Kuala Lumpur: National Population and Family Development Board.

Note: Theoretical and dealing with Islamic texts, rather than Malaysia specifically.

Note: An excellent resource.

___________________, 1989. "She Could not get a Divorce." ISIS Women's World, No 21-22 (December) 21.

Jones, Gavin. W 1994. Marriage and Divorce in Islamic Southeast Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

Note: Contains a great deal of empirical data about marriage, education, employment, etc.

Note: Seems to be the best collection in terms of the incorporation of Islam into the study of feminism. Most useful articles: Syed Farid Alatas's "The Status of Feminist Theory in Malaysia" (25-46) which calls for an "indigenizing" of feminist theory in Malaysia and Maznah Mohammad's "Post-Structuralism, Power, and Third World Feminism" (119-143) which also calls for a Malaysian, within the context of feminists from Algeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other Islamic countries. Text also contains many useful bibliographies.

Some New Straits Times Articles:

June 6, 1996 "Model Projects for Rural Revival" about Jordan, by Muharyani Othman. (pg?).

July 27, 1995: "Muslim Women Rally to a Cause" about Jordan, by Muharyani Othman. (pg?).

April 13, 1995: Report on Conference "Women at the Crossroads of Change" with quotes from Jamilah Ariffin and Wazir Jahan Karim. (pg?)

Jan 18, 1990: "Time to Assert Women's Presence in Islam," by Muharyani Othman, p. 4.

January 8, 1990. "Re-examining the Roles of Muslim Women," by Muharyani Othman, p. 2.

Othman, Norani 1994. Shari'a L:aw and the Modern nation State: A Malaysian Symposium. Kuala Lumpur: SIS Forum (Malaysia), Berhad.

Note: includes bibliographical references and index.

Shaheed, F. 1994. "Controlled or Autonomous: Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living under Muslim Laws." Signs Vol. 19, No. 4 (summer) 997-1019.

Sharifah Zaleka Syed Hassan, 1986. "Women, Divorce, and Islam in Kedah." Sojourn 1,2 (183-198).

Siraj, Mehrun 1994. "Development Trends in the Malaysian Legal System: Impact on Women's Position and Status." in Jamilah Ariffin, ed. Readings on Women and Development in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Populations Studies Unit, University of Malaya.

___________ 1993. Women under Syariah Law in Malaysia. (ed, Wazir Jahan Karim?). Penang: Women and Human Resources Studies Unit, School of Social Sciences, University Sains Malaysia.

Stivens, Maila, et al 1994. Malay Peasant Women and the Land. London: Zed Books, Ltd.

--Raises issues of Islam and inheritance but does not address these issues centrally. Useful empirical data here for future theorizing.

_______________ 1992. Women and Culture: Between Malay Adat and Islam. Boulder: Westview Press.

Note: Chapter 6 (163-217) provides useful background material and leads up into the present.