Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Shahram Akbarzadeh & Benjamin MacQueen -- The reformulation of Islamic thought on gender rights and roles / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- The contribution of secular-oriented strategies to the quest for women's Human Rights in the Islamic Republic / Rebecca Barlow -- Islamic reformism and Human Rights in Iraq : gender equality and religious freedom / Benjamin MacQueen & Shahram Akbarzadeh -- The Reluctant partnership between the Muslim brotherhood and Human Rights NGOs in Egypt / Benjamin MacQueen -- Human Rights in Afghanistan / William Maley -- Competing domains of control : Islam and Human Rights in Malaysia / Shamsul Amri Bin Baharuddin -- Muslims in Malaysia, notions of Human Rights reform, and their contexts / Patricia Martinez -- Indonesian Islamist perspectives on Human Rights / Greg Fealy.

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