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Secrets Behind the Burqa

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Isaac Publishing, Dec 1, 2008 - Religion - 145 pages
Secrets behind the Burqa reveals what really happens in the daily lives of millions of Muslim women and girls. Going behind the scenes it shows the male Muslim perception of women and details the rules and regulations which control Muslim women?'s behaviour. Rosemary Sookhdeo describes how the Islamic ideas of honour and shame can oppress and endanger women, and how arranged and forced marriages can turn into life threatening situations.With Islam a growing religion in the west, Secrets behind the Burqa analyses whether Muslim women will be able to embrace western values and thinking or will be trapped inside their own cultural and religious systems.

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Rosemary Sookhdeo was born in New Zealand where she qualified as a pharmacist. She came to Britain to study at London Bible College where she met her husband Patrick. Later she went on to do post-graduate theological studies at Oxford University. They took over a very large derelict site in the East End of London and she was fully involved in the church planting, pastoral and training ministry for 23 years and was where they started the Barnabas Fund. She has been the author of three books.

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