"At your service, my Lord, here I come".(muslim women)(Book review)

From: The Women's Review of Books | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Devi, Gayatri | Copyright information

Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Edited by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur Boston: Beacon Press, 2005, 209pp., $15.00 paperback

Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith and Kathleen M. Moore New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, $25.00, hardcover

Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith, and Sexuality Edited by Sarah Husain Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006, 284 pp., $16.95, paperback ...

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