How Islam treats women is one of the most hotly contested questions of our times. Islamic law is often misrepresented as a single monolithic concept, rather than a collection of different interpretations and practices. To move the debate on Islamic law and gender forward, it is necessary to establish how Islamic law actually operates. In this groundbreaking work, Chris Jones-Pauly explores w…
This is the most comprehensive single-volume photographic book on Indonesia’s national museum – which houses one of Southeast Asia’s most extensive collections of artefacts. With an informative introduction by Indonesia’s Minister of Education and Culture, explanatory texts to introduce each chapter, and in-depth captions by the Curators of the National Museum. This is an essential i…