1 Introduction 2 Female religious meeting: rowzeh-e zananeh 3 Ritual exchanges and morality 4 The female preacher 5 The concept of martyrs and its symbolic application 6 The passage of the dead 7 Women making the pilgrimage 8 Reproduction of the Islamic social order and disorder 9 Hejab: Islamic modesty and veiling 10 Family management in the context of change 11 Conclusion: Women, Islam, and ritual