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Imam of Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen - Sherin Khankan

Imam of Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen - Sherin Khankan

The Interview vor 7 Jahren

Is Islam ready to empower women?

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Almost two billion of the world’s people are Muslim, and yet half
of them, the female half, have traditionally played little or no
role in the institutions of their faith. That is changing, albeit
very slowly. Stephen Sackur speaks to Sherin Khankan who became
Scandinavia’s first female Imam when she opened the Mariam mosque
in Copenhagen. Her focus on women’s rights in a 21st Century
brand of Islamic practice has stirred controversy and debate far
beyond Denmark’s borders. Is Islam ready to empower women?

(Photo: Sherin Khankan. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)