Sinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman Wahid: "Many religious interpretations discriminate against women"

January 16, 2001

Despite her diminutive appearance, Sinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman Wahid is a bundle of energy. For the past few years she has been dissecting and scrutinizing thousands of "Yellow Books"—traditional Islamic texts which are taught in many religious boarding schools. She undertakes this effort with a level of endurance and diligence that astounds her colleagues. "One night, she led our team in a meeting at the state palace in Bogor late into the nig

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