Turning points have a way of finding you when you least expect them. For most of my adult life, I’d been running away from serving as a spokesperson for or an expert of Muslim women. Women’s issues always felt like the sideshow in the American Muslim conversation, and I wanted…
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From The Women’s Mosque of America:
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The Women’s Mosque of America, founded by M. Hasna Maznavi and Sana Muttalib, held its very first Friday prayer a little over a week ago on January 30. Edina Lekovic, from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, gave the khutbah, or Friday sermon and its theme centered on “spiritual nourishment.” Lekovic…
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Though there are women’s only mosques internationally, the Muslim Women’s Mosque of America appears to be the first of its kind in the States. As such, it is being lauded as a step forward in “empowering” American Muslim women by offering them a safe space to learn and find spiritual…
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