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Pieternella van Doorn-Harder

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Anybody interested in the debate about the possibility that Islam modernises will find this book about the most conservative 30% of Indonesian society very interesting.

The author covers the development of the women's arm of the two most important Islamic organisations in the country. These women managed to modernise family life (interestingly, sometimes inspired by despised colonial and communist ideas) by re-interpreting Islam by stretching its contradictions. The reader will also become aware of the sometimes not so subtle discrimination against women that is still around.… (mer)
 
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