Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- INTRODUCTION -- Civil rights and women's rights -- Modernity and tradition -- Another scramble for Africa -- Morocco at the crossroads -- West meets East -- Overview of the book -- 1. AND GOD CREATED EVE . . . -- Islam as state religion -- Patriarchy -- The West's obsession with Muslim women -- Feminism before feminism -- Pioneer of Islamic feminism: Fatima Mernissi -- The war on terrorism and women's rights -- Changing laws, changing minds: The Personal Status Code reform -- A royal tussle over reform -- The perils of legal reform -- Women in national development -- Modern traditions or traditionally modern -- A view from a train -- 2. FEMINISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS -- Social stability and the role of women -- The lessons of the marketplace -- Islamic discourses on women -- The Justice and Charity movement -- Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine and his daughter -- Sisters of Eternity -- Women's special dispensation -- Abortion -- Gender equality versus gender justice -- A renewal of feminine consciousness -- Going it alone -- Islamist women leaders -- 3. A THIRD WAY -- Sacred or secular -- Morocco's hybrid identity -- Caravans for equality -- A doctor's prescription -- The Mohammedian Council of Religious Scholars -- Intent or purpose -- Female religious leaders -- 4. THE WAY FORWARD -- The Tunisian revolution and the Arab spring -- Gender and religion -- Gender and democracy -- Gender and Islamists -- Who is a proper Muslim? -- Gay rights -- New activists, new demands -- International conventions -- Conclusions -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography.