across the globe have sought liberation from customs and traditions, both religious and secular, that have rendered them dependent upon males and, within society itself, second-class citizens, Islamic women have also begun to question the religious and cultural traditions with which they have lived and are demanding explanations of why shari'a law has become so divergent from the views of the Prophet Mohammed as expressed in the Qur'an (Mernissi, 1987; Tohidi, 2002).
Mernissi (1987) believes that the Islamic Woman's Movement is di
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