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Introduction / Haideh Moghissi -- Culturalist approach of women's emancipation in the Netherlands / Halleh Ghorashi -- Globalization and women's leadership in the Muslim diaspora : an intersectional analysis / Fauzia Erfan Ahmed -- Emergence of a transnational Muslim feminist consciousness among women in the WENAAZ (Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand) context / Cassandra Balchin -- Multiculturalism and religious legislation in Sweden / Anne Sofie Roald -- Iranians in Britain / Vida Nassehi-Behnam -- Changing spousal relations in diaspora : Muslims in Canada / Haideh Moghissi -- Sexing diaspora : negotiating sexuality in a shifting cultural landscape / Fataheh Farahani -- Styles of religious practice : Muslim youth cultures in Europe / Thijl Sunier -- The struggle to stay on the middle ground : the radicalization of Muslims in Sweden / David Thurfjell -- Young French women of Muslim descent : discriminatory social context and politicization / Sepideh Farkhondeh -- Making homes in turbulent times : Moroccan-Dutch Muslims contesting dominant discourses of belonging / Marjo Buitelaar and Femke Stock -- Understanding Dutch Islam : exploring the relationship of Muslims with the state and the public sphere in the Netherlands / Martijn de Koning -- Between Iraq and a hard place : Iraqis in diaspora / Jacqueline Ismael and Shereen Ismael -- Conclusion : a plea for a positive and inclusive rhetoric / Halleh Ghorashi.