By Harriet Sherwood Britain’s leading Muslim organisation has launched a scheme to train women for leadership positions in mosques and community bodies. Twenty women have embarked on the six-month intensive programme run by the Muslim Council of Britain, aimed at equipping them for leadership Continue Reading
Female Imam Wants New Narratives on Islam
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Most Western Europeans favor at least some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
By Ariana Monique Salazar and Scott Gardner A Danish law that took effect in August makes it illegal for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils – such as burqas or niqabs – in public. Austria, Belgium and France, as well as parts of Italy and Spain, have enacted similar laws in recent years, Continue Reading
Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
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
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