Leadership
Prior to founding Sisters in Islam, Zainah Anwar had formed a study group to analyze the importance of domestic violence legislation and the role that Islam played in the subordination of women in Malaysia. Anwar knew she and her colleagues were not the only ones who believed that Islam could support feminist ideals: "The reason I became involved in this movement was just outrage, really, over injustices perpetrated in the name of God. For me, leaving Islam or ignoring Islam is not an issue at all. I think for all of us who were there from the start [of SIS], we were concerned with why Islam was being used to justify domestic violence, oppression and discrimination."[6]