Delves into the predicaments of Muslim women today, questioning whether generalizations about Islamic culture and frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus that Muslim women need rescuing.

Introduction : rights and lives -- Do Muslim women (still) need saving? -- The new common sense -- Authorizing moral crusades -- Seductions of the "Honor Crime" -- The social life of Muslim women's rights -- An anthropologist in the territory of rights -- Conclusion : registers of humanity.