Sherin Khankan

Bio:

Sherin Khankan is Denmark's first female imam, and the founder of a women-led mosque in Copenhagen called Mariam Mosque. She is an activist on Muslim issues including female integration and extremism, and has written numerous texts discussing Islam and politics.
WMC Live
March 17, 2019 | Sherin Khankan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #278: Sherin Khankan. (Original Airdate 3/17/2019)

Robin on professional sportswomen taking sexism to court, high-school girl wrestlers, Meghan Markle (Duchess of Sussex) destigmatizing menstruation, and the House of Dior (wait—what?). Guest: Sherin Khankan, founder of Denmark’s women’s mosque.

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