Azza Basarudin is a research scholar at the Center for the Study of Women at the University of California Los Angeles.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Malay Names, Honorific Titles, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction | Faith, Self, and Community 1. Islam, the State, and Gender | The Malaysian Experiment 2. The Politics of the Sacred | Returning to the Fundamentals of Islam3. In the Path of the Faithful | Activism for Social and Legal Reforms4. Who Speaks for Islam? | Religious Authority and Contested Justice5. Negotiating Lives, Crafting Selves | Narratives of Belonging6. The Local in the Transnational | Gender Justice and Feminist SolidaritiesConclusionNotes References Index

"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia."

Azza Basarudin is a research scholar at the Center for the Study of Women at the University of California Los Angeles.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Malay Names, Honorific Titles, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction | Faith, Self, and Community 1. Islam, the State, and Gender | The Malaysian Experiment 2. The Politics of the Sacred | Returning to the Fundamentals of Islam3. In the Path of the Faithful | Activism for Social and Legal Reforms4. Who Speaks for Islam? | Religious Authority and Contested Justice5. Negotiating Lives, Crafting Selves | Narratives of Belonging6. The Local in the Transnational | Gender Justice and Feminist SolidaritiesConclusionNotes References Index

"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia."

Azza Basarudin is a research scholar at the Center for the Study of Women at the University of California Los Angeles.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Malay Names, Honorific Titles, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction | Faith, Self, and Community 1. Islam, the State, and Gender | The Malaysian Experiment 2. The Politics of the Sacred | Returning to the Fundamentals of Islam3. In the Path of the Faithful | Activism for Social and Legal Reforms4. Who Speaks for Islam? | Religious Authority and Contested Justice5. Negotiating Lives, Crafting Selves | Narratives of Belonging6. The Local in the Transnational | Gender Justice and Feminist SolidaritiesConclusionNotes References Index

"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia."