The unexamined voices in Islam, women's.

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Across the Middle East women are becoming the majority on college campuses. They comprise more than sixty percent of the student body in Tehran University, for instance. Notwithstanding the disadvantages that women face in patriarchic societies, all things being equal, a more educated, more articulate generation of women may be expected to demand a more active voice in all realms of social life, including religion. The coming generations are going to be fascinating to observe.