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Chapter six (which was expanded from the last 28 pages of chapter five in the first edition) is devoted to issues of authority and interpretation of Islam in the modern context, and includes topics such as legal reform and women's rights. The main contents of this chapter are: The
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and ending with the "Sultanate Period" of the medieval Muslim states. In course of this examination, Esposito deals with the
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