Includes bibliographical references and index.

Muslim women's knowledge production in the greater Maghreb: the exam ple of Nana Asma®u of Northern Nigeria / Beverly B. Mack -- Rethinking marginality and agency in postcolonial Niger: a social biography of a S ufi woman scholar / Ousseina D. Alidou -- Deconstructing Islamic femini sm: a look at Fatima Mernissi / Raja Rhouni -- Embodied tafsir: South A frican Muslim women confront gender violence in marriage / Sa®diyyah Sh aikh -- Changing conceptions of moral womanhood in Somali popular songs , 1960-1990 / Lidwien Kapteijns -- Guidelines for the ideal mu slim wom an: gender ideology and practice in the Tabligh Jama°at in the Gambia / Marloes Janson -- Titanic in Kano: video, gender, and Islam / Heike Be hrend -- Shari°a activism and Zina in Nigeria in the era of hudud / Mar got Badran -- Women and men put Islamic law to their own use: monogamy versus secret marriage in Mauritania / Corinne Fortier -- Islam, gender , and democracy in Morocco: the making of the mudawana reform / Julie E . Pruzan-J²rgensen -- Family law reform in Mali: contentious debates an d elusive outcomes / Benjamin F. Soares -- Legal recognition of Muslim marriages in South Africa / Rashida Manjoo.