ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Women in Islam

By The Pluralism Project

There is no singular role or experience for women in Islam. Muslims women hold a variety of positions in society generally, and take on different responsibilities and restrictions in religious settings. They have convened groups for Muslim women and for interfaith dialogue to address how their gender informs their religious experience and how being Muslim affects their lives as American women.

Read on pluralism.org

FindCenter Post-Image
01:22:37

Public Interview with amina wadud and Kecia Ali 2 8 18

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
09:44

I Am a Muslim Ask Me Anything? - Muslim Defends Islam Across America

Amazingly 60% of Americans have never spoken to a Muslim about Islam. With the backdrop of violence and terrorism associated with Islam The Review of Religions team traveled across America touring 6 States over 8 weeks asking the public if they had any questions about Islam.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
03:59

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.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
04:12

Exclusive Interview with Sherin Khankan on Denmark’s First Female Run Mosque

Medyascope.tv produces this interview with Sherin Khankan.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
11:19

Inside Scandinavia's First Women-Only Mosque

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.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
02:17

Daisy Khan’s Wise Women

Daisy Khan speaks about change needed in the world today, especially in regards to Muslim women

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
15:14

Nina Simons: Reclaiming Relationship & Tradition | Bioneers 2016

Reclaiming Relationship & Tradition: Towards a Future that Works for All.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
51:10

An English Woman Who Becomes a Buddhist Monk | Tracks

The story of Tenzin Palmo, an Englishwoman, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End, who spent 12 years alone in a cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas and became a world-renowned spiritual leader and champion of the right of women to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism

Examines the influence of American Buddhist women on Buddhist spiritual practice and discusses current issues involving politics and family life.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Yentl’s Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism

Thanks in large part to the struggles of their activist foremothers, today’s young Jewish women have a dizzying array of spiritual options.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Gender Issues in Spiritual Life