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Women and Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia: Local Women's NGOs and the Reform of Islamic Law in Aceh

Women and Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia: Local Women's NGOs and the Reform of Islamic Law in Aceh

Afrianty, Dina

Paperback

Series: ASAA Women in Asia

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral LawGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0815362404
ISBN13: 9780815362401
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 3 2018
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the lives of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where Islamic law was introduced in 1999. It outlines how women have had to face the formalisation of conservative understandings of sharia law in regulations and new state institutions. They have responded by forming non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that have shaped local discourse on women's rights, equality and status in Islam, enabling women to take active roles in influencing processes of democratisation and Islamisation. The book shows that although the formal introduction of Islamic law in Aceh has placed restrictions on women's freedom, paradoxically it has not prevented them from engaging in public life.

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