By Lin Taylor COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of male domination at the mosque and are setting up their own. From Copenhagen to Los Angeles, a handful of female mosques Continue Reading
He wanted to build Trump’s border wall. He was just charged in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque.
By Kristine Phillips Three men — including the owner of a company that submitted a bid to build President Trump’s border wall — bombed a Minnesota mosque in an attempt to drive Muslims out of the United States, according to a federal complaint. The three men from rural Illinois were arrested and Continue Reading
Mosque wins zoning approval: ‘My children are the future of Carmel’
By Chris Sikich CARMEL, Ind. — The city's Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3-2 late Monday night to approve a proposal to build a mosque in an area of Carmel that is predominately residential. A healthy roar and clapping followed the announcement of the vote, more than five hours after the meeting Continue Reading
Women leading Danish mosque challenge patriarchy and right-wing religious control
Along with Scandinavia’s first female imam, Mariam mosque in Copenhagen is reinterpreting the Koran with a focus on women’s rights, including the right to marry outside the faith and file for divorce. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on how these Muslim women are not Continue Reading