Introduction: Muslim family law and the question of equality / Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe
Justice, equality and Muslim family laws : new ideas, new prospects / Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Qiwāma in Egyptian family laws : "wifely obedience" between legal texts, courtroom practices and realities of marriages / Mulki Al-Sharmani
Egyptian women's rights NGOs : personal status law reform between Islamic and international human rights law / Marwa Sharafeldin
The religious arguments in the debate on the reform of the Moroccan family code / Aïcha El Hajjami
From local to global : sisters in Islam and the making of Musawah : a global movement for equality in the Muslim family / Zainah Anwar
Gender equality and the doctrine of Wilāya / Muhammad Kahlid Masud
The status of women between the Qur'an and Fiqh / Nasr Abu-Zayd
Gender equality and the hadith of the prophet Mohammad : reinterpreting the concept of Maḥram and Qiwāma / Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir
Rethinking men's authority over women : Qiwāma, Wilāya, and their underlying assumptions / Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari
Revisiting women's rights in Islam : "egalitarian justice" in lieu of "deserts-based justice" / Mohsen Kadivar
The paradox of equality and the politics of difference : gender equality, Islamic law and the modern Muslim state / Anver M. Emon.