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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
imageMuslim 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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