This book draws on the stories of female educators and Muslim girls to explore issues of identity, justice, and schooling and the complex and varied challenges confronting Muslim girls. Exploring questions of agency, belonging, and empowerment, Keddie offers stories from schooling contexts in the UK and Australia and situates them within the broader public discourse in the West on the increasing complexities of Islam and gender relations.

1. Islamophobia, gender and education 2. Young Muslim women: matters of diversity and agency 3. Supporting Muslim girls at the Clementine Academy: the contentious space of Religious Studies 4. Supporting Muslim girls at Peppermint Grove: religious discourses, gender identity and issues of empowerment 5. Challenging gendered Islamophobia: young Muslim women's faith-based agency 6. Muslim women supporting Muslim girls: issues of racial and ethnic positioning 7. Supporting and educating young Muslim women

Amanda Keddie is Professor of Education within REDI (Research for Educational Impact) at Deakin University, Australia.