The New Muslim World Journal of Human Rights

New Articles Muslim World Journal of Human Rights http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr

Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the following articles recently published in Muslim World Journal of Human Rights. Articles Paradoxes of Democratic Progress in Kuwait: The Case of the Kuwaiti Women’s Rights Movement Doron Shultziner and Mary Ann Tétreault Towards Substantive Equality in Iranian Constitutional Discourse Amin Reza Koohestani Human Rights and Islamic Law: A Legal Analysis Challenging the Husband’s Authority to Punish “Rebellious” Wives" Murad H. Elsaidi Citizenship in Question: Chicago Muslims Before and After 9/11 Jackleen M. Salem Book Reviews Review of Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights Mahmood Monshipouri Review of Justice & Rights: Christian and Muslim Perspectives David T. Buckley Call for Papers Muslim World Journal of Human Rights welcomes your manuscript submissions on various aspects of the question of human rights as it relates to the Muslim World. Edited by a board of leading Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies and human rights scholars from around the world, MWJHR serves as a forum in which barriers are bridged (or at least, addressed), and human rights are finally discussed with an eye on the Muslim world, in an open and creative manner. For instructions on submitting your next paper, please visit the journalhome page and click on the link "Submit Manuscript." About this journal Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the pressing question of human rights in the Muslim world. The journal approaches this complex issue through multiple interdisciplinary lenses: Islam and Islamic law, socio-economic and political factors, institutions, and gender and minority rights. The editors, Mashood Baderin (School of Oriental and African Studies), Mahmood Monshipouri (San Francisco State University), Shadi Mokhtari (American University), and Lynn Welchman (School of Oriental and African Studies) have created a unique academic forum to address real-world political issues and to encourage new methods in the field. Recent articles concern such topics as Women's Sexual Health and Rights in Senegal, Islam and Gender Justice, Human Rights Post-9/11, the Extension of Shari'ah in Northern Nigeria, and Human Rights in Islamic Malaysia. Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is indexed in Current Abstracts, Index Islamicus, IBSS, International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center, Intute, PAIS International, Scopus, and TOC Premier.