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Women and Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia: Local Women's NGOs and the Reform of Islamic Law in Aceh - ASAA Women in Asia Series Afrianty, Dina (State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hudayatullah, Jakarta, Indonesia) 1st edition
Women and Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia: Local Women's NGOs and the Reform of Islamic Law in Aceh - ASAA Women in Asia Series
Afrianty, Dina (State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hudayatullah, Jakarta, Indonesia)
This book examines the lives of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where Islamic law was introduced in 1999. It outlines how women have had to face the formalisation of conservative understandings of sharia law in regulations and new state institutions.
202 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 13, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138819368 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Genre | Interdisciplinary Studies > Asian Studies |
| Pages | 202 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 18 mm · 530 g |
| Language | English |