Eva Nisa

Dr. Eva Nisa is a lecturer in religious studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has a bachelor’s degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 2002 and a PhD from Australian National University. Her research focuses legal and illegal marriages in Indonesian Islam.

A fatwa against sexual violence: the story of a historic congress of female Islamic scholars

Can women interpret Islamic law? Scholars who think so recently gathered in Indonesia, where fatwas were also issued against child marriage and environmental degradation.

By Mirjam Künkler and Eva Nisa

/ 26 Jun 2017

A fatwa against sexual violence: the story of a historic congress of female Islamic scholars

Can women interpret Islamic law? Scholars who think so recently gathered in Indonesia, where fatwas were also issued against child marriage and environmental degradation.

By Mirjam Künkler and Eva Nisa

/ 26 Jun 2017