Danish women-led mosque holds first Friday prayers

27 Aug, 2016

Scandinavia's first female-led mosque has held its first Friday prayers in Copenhagen, a milestone for an "Islamic feminist" project whose founder hopes will help combat Islamophobia. But there was also criticism that the project did not go far enough in promoting women's rights. The khutba, or sermon, was held in the Mariam Mosque in an apartment in a busy Copenhagen shopping street six months after it opened.

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