The volume is the first comprehensive compilation of texts on gender constructions, normative gender orders and their religious legitimizations, as well as curr

Examines the role, relevance and challenges, as well as the political and strategic dimensions of Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia.

In an era when Islam ostensibly lies at the heart of a volatile nexus of a global campaign of war on terrorism, simplistic notions and dangerous misunderstandin

In an important social change, female Muslim political leaders in Java have enjoyed considerable success in direct local elections following the fall of Suharto

As a region, Southeast Asia has undergone enormous economic and social changes in the last few decades. Women as a collective have seen their lives transformed