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Women leading Danish mosque challenge patriarchy and right-wing religious control
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 02/24/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Religion, Islam, Political Science, Human Rights
Synopsis
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 just fighting patriarchy, but those who use religion as justification for abuse.