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SIHA Journal Women in Islam I / 2014

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Issue 01/2014 of the SIHA Journal, Women in Islam, focuses on selected countries in the Horn of Africa which are most affected by the recent surge of militant and restrictive interpretations of the Islamic religion, leading to an invigorated and further entrenched environment of female subjugation. While the issue will focus on Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland, the SIHA Journal will influence Muslim women in other countries in and outside of the Horn of Africa where militant interpretations of Islam also affect women s lives negatively. For more than 30 years, women in the Horn of Africa, particularly women in Sudan and Somalia, have been held hostage to brutal conflicts based on clan/ethnicity and religious militancy. Parts of the Horn have been turned into the backyard of destructive ideology, supported by foreign wealth and equipped with dogmatic conceptions of religious beliefs. Thus, Women in Islam is about disseminating alternative discourses of Islamic interpretation on women and human rights and doing so through an accessible medium which will appeal to a broad audience of women and men. The journal maintains a balance between education and humour and contains carefully selected original contributions and essays, book reviews, short stories, art, scholarly reflection, and interviews. It will specifically touch on women s rights in Islam, the veil, marriage and divorce, adultery, women s political participation, and women s status in society. The thoughts and research presented in the journal are generated from credible Islamic scholars and writers both from the Horn of Africa and across the globe.

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: SIHA Network., 2014

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