In order to broaden the lens through which Muslim women are typically seen, a group of researchers in India carried out a large and unprecedented study of one of the most disadvantaged sections of Indian society. The editors of The Diversity of Muslim Women’s Lives in India bring together this research in a comprehensive collection of informative and revealing case studies.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Moving the Courts: Muslim Women and Personal Law
2. Negotiating Rights and Relationships: Women and Inheritance
3. The Mother's Lap and the Civilizing Mission: Madrasa Education and Rural Muslim Girls in Western Uttar Pradesh
4. Other Communities, Other Histories: A Study of Muslim Women and Education in Kashmir
5. Self-employed or Unemployed: Muslim Women's Low Labor-force Participation in India
6. Entering the Political Arena: Muslim Women in Indian Politics
7. Democracy at the Grassroots: Muslim Women and Panchayati Raj in Kerala
8. Empowerment and Social Division: Issues in Women's Leadership in Andhra Pradesh
9. Disrupting an Almost Seamless Discourse: Working-Class Muslim Women's Accounts of a Communal Clash and Curfew in the City of Ajmer
Contributors