Women in Islam and Muslim Realms: Help

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Sample Keywords: "Middle East" or Islam or Arab* + / women / gender / "Muslim women" / "women in Islam" / history / sex roles.

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Sample Subject Headings: Women in Islam / Women (Islamic law) / Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc. / Islam & gender / Islam--Customs & practices / Feminsim & Islam. [subject + country (women - Lebanon), etc.].

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Research : Citation Management Citation Management Help

• Conversion of Islamic and Christian Dates (Zurich U.)
  • [http://www.oriold.uzh.ch/static/hegira.html]
• Convert Gregorian or Julian Dates to Hijri Dates
  • [http://www.sizes.com/time/cal_islam.htm#Convert]
• Convert Hijri Dates to Gregorian or Julian Dates
  • [http://www.sizes.com/time/cal_islam.htm#Iconvert]
• Gregorian-Hijri Date Converter (Islamic Finder-according to Makkah)
  • [http://www.islamicfinder.org/Hcal/index.php]
• Iranian (Jalali) Calendar Converter
  • [http://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php]

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