For many people, coming out can be frightening, especially if they feel that their church, or God, is somehow against them.
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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.
Sherin speaks as she's a female Imam and shares the stories left untold about psychological violence and religious control, and how to break the circle of shame, loneliness and abuse.
Medyascope.tv produces this interview with Sherin Khankan.
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.
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.
Rev. Dr Karen Georgia A. Thompson and Sherin Khankan reflect on what the Feminine means to them, how to cultivate authenticity, and the challenges they navigate as female faith leaders.
The Danish capital Copenhagen is home to Scandinavia's first mosque run entirely by and for women. The Mariam mosque is headed by the feminist Sherin Khankan. Only women can be imams and take part in the Friday prayers.
Sherin Khankan is Denmark's first female imam and founder of the first mosque for women in Europe.