By Jan Feldman
This e-book indicates how these"dual citizens"-Orthodox Jewish ladies in Israel, Muslim girls in Kuwait, and girls of either these faiths within the U.S.-have more and more deployed their civic citizenship rights in makes an attempt to reform and never wreck their religions. For them, neither "exit" nor acquiescence to conventional non secular gender norms is an choice. as a substitute, they use the narrative of civic citizenship mixed with a extra genuine, if replacement studying in their religion culture to enhance their status.
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