Fatayat-NU is an organization of young female Muslims, a wing of the biggest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Fatayat was established in 1950 in Surabaya by the decree of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama No. 574/U/Feb/1950 and was announced publicly in the same year in Jakarta. Founded by three women, Murtasijah of Surabaya, Khuzaimah of Gresik, and Aminah Mansur of Sidoarjo, East Java (PP Fatayat-NU 1984, 42–3), Fatayat-NU may be categorized as an Islamic female Musl…