Under transnational migration, migrant women are not confined by the new host society; the unbreakable attachments to the home society constantly affect and shape these women’s perceptions of their gender and position in the host society. As a result of the growing number of Muslim migrant women, both Muslim and non-Muslim communities have begun to be aware of and recognise the rights of Muslim women and the violence that occurs. Yet, unlike international experiences of Islamic feminist groups being established to promote Muslim women’s rights, an increasing number of local women’s rights groups have started to work with Islamic faith-based organisations to disseminate the idea of women’s rights in Muslim communities. With a lack of studies regarding Muslim migrant women in Hong Kong, this article draws on the significance of international studies on culture, religion and migration to understand the situation in Hong Kong. By analysing the social and political influences on minority integration, this article seeks to uncover the capacity of the Muslim women’s rights movement in guarding against gender-based violence in Hong Kong.

在跨國移民下，女性移民不再受限於新的僑居社會。與原居社會不可斷裂的人和事，會經常影響並塑造她們在僑居社會對性別與地位的看法。在穆斯林移民女性的增加下，穆斯林與非穆斯林社區開始意識並承認穆斯林女性的權利及暴力的發生。與國際上穆斯林女性團體推動穆斯林女性權利的經驗不同，數目正在增長的本地女權團體已開始與伊斯蘭宗教為基礎的組織合作宣傳在穆斯林社區裡的女性權利理念。在香港缺乏相關穆斯林女性移民的研究下，本論文借鑑國際研究對文化、宗教及移民的重要性，去理解香港的現況。藉分析社會及政治對少數族裔融合的影響。本論文還探索在香港穆斯林女性權利運動對抗性別為本暴力的能力。

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