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> February 25, 2011
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> Table of contents: Muslim World Journal of Human Rights - New Articles
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> From: Mahmood Monshipouri <mm-11320-2297838@bepress.com>
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>
> NEW ARTICLES Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
>
> http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr
>
> Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the following articles
> recently published in Muslim World Journal of Human Rights.
>
> ARTICLES
>
> Paradoxes of Democratic Progress in Kuwait: The Case of the Kuwaiti
> Women's Rights Movement
> by Doron Shultziner and Mary Ann Tetreault
>
> Towards Substantive Equality in Iranian Constitutional Discourse
> by Amin Reza Koohestani
>
> Human Rights and Islamic Law: A Legal Analysis Challenging the Husband's
> Authority to Punish 'Rebellious Wives'
> by Murad H. Elsaidi
>
> Citizenship in Question: Chicago Muslims Before and After 9/11
> by Jackleen M. Salem
>
>
> BOOK REVIEWS
>
> Review of Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights
> by Mahmood Monshipouri
>
> Review of Justice & Rights: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
> by David T. Buckley
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Muslim World Journal of Human Rights welcomes your manuscript submissions
> on
> various aspects of the question of human rights as it relates to the
> Muslim
> World. Edited by a board of leading Islamic studies, Middle Eastern
> studies
> and human rights scholars from around the world, MWJHR serves as a forum
> in
> which barriers are bridged (or at least, addressed), and human rights are
> finally discussed with an eye on the Muslim world, in an open and creative
> manner. For instructions on submitting your next paper, please visit the
> journal home page and click on the link "Submit Manuscript."
>
>
> ABOUT THIS JOURNAL
>
> Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is the only peer-reviewed journal
> dedicated to the pressing question of human rights in the Muslim world.
> The
> journal approaches this complex issue through multiple interdisciplinary
> lenses: Islam and Islamic law, socio-economic and political factors,
> institutions, and gender and minority rights. The editors, Mashood Baderin
> (School of Oriental and African Studies), Mahmood Monshipouri (San
> Francisco
> State University), Shadi Mokhtari (American University), and Lynn Welchman
> (School of Oriental and African Studies) have created a unique academic
> forum to address real-world political issues and to encourage new methods
> in
> the field. Recent articles concern such topics as Women's Sexual Health
> and
> Rights in Senegal, Islam and Gender Justice, Human Rights Post-9/11, the
> Extension of Shari'ah in Northern Nigeria, and Human Rights in Islamic
> Malaysia.
>
> Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is indexed in Current Abstracts,
> Index
> Islamicus, IBSS, International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference
> Center, Intute, PAIS International, Scopus, and TOC Premier.
>
> Edited by
>
> Shadi Mokhtari
> American University
>
> Mashood Baderin
> University of London, SOAS
>
> Mahmood Monshipouri
> San Francisco State University
>
> Lynn Welchman
> University of London, SOAS
>
> Chrystie Flournoy Swiney
> Georgetown University
>
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