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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2014

Firdous Azmat Siddiqui
Affiliation:
Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
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Social changes in the 19th century focused primarily on women, whose independence had been completely eroded by socio-religious customs which regulated the age of marriage, education, widow re-marriage, inheritance, etc. By and large there was a general acceptance of the need for change but due to the politicization of group solidarity and the need to maintain identity, the debate on reform was between those who opted for covert change with no open rejection of past customs and practices which would make community solidarity in political and economic terms more difficult and those who felt social change to be necessary prerequisite for the desired political and economic changes in the community. The reaction was fairly widespread as it was a response not to social reform, but to the all-pervasive political changes underway.

Shaheeda Lateef

This book attempts to understand the social and economic profile of women, particularly the Muslim women of the United Provinces. The first question that lay before me while starting this book was: Why choose the United Provinces (UP) and not those regions where Muslims live in sizeable numbers? The Sachar Committee Report of November 2006 states that Indian Muslims lag behind others in development indices, and that the condition of Indian Muslim women is worse than that of Dalit women. The report's data and analysis highlights the pathetic condition of their education and socio-economic status in UP.

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A Struggle for Identity
Muslim Women in United Provinces
, pp. vii - xxx
Publisher: Foundation Books
Print publication year: 2014

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  • Introduction
  • Firdous Azmat Siddiqui, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
  • Book: A Struggle for Identity
  • Online publication: 05 October 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789384463106.001
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  • Introduction
  • Firdous Azmat Siddiqui, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
  • Book: A Struggle for Identity
  • Online publication: 05 October 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789384463106.001
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  • Introduction
  • Firdous Azmat Siddiqui, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
  • Book: A Struggle for Identity
  • Online publication: 05 October 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789384463106.001
Available formats
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