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Sherin Khankan on gender issues in spiritual life

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Sherin Khankan - How Can We Talk About Islam?

For today's guest on ”How can we?” we have Denmark's, probably Scandinavia's, first female imam, Sherin Khankan. Navid and Sherin talks about feminism, equal rights and the 9 theses of Muslim reform.

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Sherin Khankan
2018
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Denmark’s Feminist Mosque Founder Challenges Norms

Scandinavia’s first female-led house of Islamic worship, where Friday prayers are for women only, is riling conservatives.

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Soren Billing
2016
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Female Imams in Copenhagen | DW English

Sherin Khankan is the daughter of a Christian and a Muslim. In 2016 she founded a mosque in central Copenhagen. She wants to challenge the view of Islam as a religion that hates non-believers and combat Islamophobia.

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Sherin Khankan
2017
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Is Sherin Khankan the Future of Islam?

She is a controversial figure – not just as a female imam, but as a woman who has called for the reformation of Islam with a feminist agenda. Janice Turner meets Sherin Khankan at Europe’s first all-female mosque.

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Janice Turner
2018
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Realising Gender Equality in Islamic Marriages | Sherin Khankan | TEDxMünster

As the first female Imam in Denmark Sherin Kankan knows what it’s like to fight against and overcome prejudice. Women must be given the means to realize their fundamental right to equality.

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Sherin Khankan
2019
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Sherin Khankan Q&A: “If I Had to Define Myself by One Title, It Would Be Activist”

The imam talks activists as politicians, her Syrian refugee father, and a non-digital world.

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New Statesman
2018
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