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Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality

  • Written by Mark Fathi Massoud, Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equalityMuslim women in India protesting against the use of Sharia as a tool for oppression.anjay Purkait/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Sharia is often portrayed as barbaric and particularly regressive in terms of women’s rights. Citing Sharia, lawmakers in some Muslim-majority countries have punished theft with amputation, and sex...

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