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1) KARIN VAN NIEUWKERK: WOMEN EMBRACING ISLAMI GENDER AND CONVERSION IN THE WEST
(UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, AUGUST 2006).
2) AMINA WADUD: QURAN AND WOMAN: RE READING THE SACRED TEXT FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE
(OXFORD, MARCH 1999).
INSIDE THE GENDER JIHAD: WOMENS REFORM IN ISLAM. (ONE WORLD PUBLICATIONS, JUNE 2006).

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