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Sexuality in Muslim Contexts explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies, where religious discourse is used to repress those, especially women, who do not conform to sexual norms promoted by the state or by non-state actors. Using case studies from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Indonesia, China and India, this collection spearheads an unprecedented wake of organizing around sexualities in Muslim communities.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The politicization of women's bodies in Indonesia : sexual scripts as charters for action / Vivienne Wee -- Iranian women and shifting sexual ideologies, 1850-2010 / Claudia Yaghoobi -- Moral panic : the criminalization of sexuality in Pakistan / Hooria Hayat Khan -- The promise and pitfalls of women challenging Muslim family laws in India and Israel / Yü̈ksel Sezgin -- Sexuality and inequality : the marriage contract and Muslim legal tradition / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Purity, sexuality and faith : Chinese women ahong and women's mosques as shelter and strength / Maria Jaschok with Shui Jingjun -- Veiled transcripts : the private debate on public veiling in Iran / Shadi Sadr -- Kicking back : the sports arena and sexual politics in Iran / Homa Hoodfar -- Morality policing and the public sphere : women reclaiming their bodies and their rights / Homa Hoodfar and Ana Ghoreishian -- 'Living sexualities' : non-hetero female sexuality in urban middle-class Bangladesh / Shuchi Karim -- Risky rights? : gender equality and sexual diversity in Muslim contexts / Anissa Hélie.