Question: Based on these readings, consider a response that engages with the questions below and with each author's argument, in addition to offering some independent analysis

Based on these readings, consider a response that engages with the questions below and with each author's argument, in addition to offering some independent analysis and/or reflection. What are some questions (besides the ones below) that you have about the readings?

  • Moustafa, Tamir. 2013. "Liberal Rights vs. Islamic Law? The construction of a binary in Malaysian Politics." Law & Society Review. 47(4)771-802.
  • Osanloo, Arzoo. 2006. "Islamico-civil "rights talk."" American Ethnologist.

1. What is the binary in Malaysian popular legal consciousness that Moustafa describes and how does he reconcile the tension in the purported binary?

2. What is Islamic-civil "rights-talk" a reference to, and according to Osanloo, how, if at all, does it benefit women in Iranian society?

3. What are some similarities and differences in Malaysian and Iranian rights discourses?

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