By Bex Mui — 2021
While the institution of the church has shut so many LGBTQ+ people out, spirituality and tradition still offer much solace for those who feel alone.
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When an ostensibly secular state tests its Muslim citizens by skirting the edge of insult, the result is deeper division and alienation on both sides: the racist right vs. the anti-West Islamists.
The imam talks activists as politicians, her Syrian refugee father, and a non-digital world.
Scandinavia’s first female-led house of Islamic worship, where Friday prayers are for women only, is riling conservatives.
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