ABSTRACT
A l l the changes which are taking place in the position of Moslem women are phases of a fundamental renaissance in the East to-day-the rethinking of religion. Educational opportunity, social equality, economic independence, the widening of the field of women’s interest beyond the four walls of the home are all different manifestations of a vital reorganization of Eastern life. The transformation in the position of Moslem women is to a certain degree, both the cause and the effect of this change in religion. Any variation in the status of women challenges the customs of Islam; on the other hand, until these customs are challenged, little or no change in the life of Moslem women will occur.
