French Muslim women seek to break ground with own mosques
Anne-Sophie Monsinay and Eva Janadin, both converted to Islam, pray in a prayer room in Paris earlier this month. – AFP pic, September 18, 2019.
KNEELING on prayer rugs in front of dozens of worshippers, Eva Janadin and Anne-Sophie Monsinay offered prayers and a sermon in an unusual Paris ceremony earlier this month, a scene they hope will soon become more common at mosques across France. It was the first time female imams had led Muslim prayers in the country, despite having Europe’s biggest Muslim population, at an estimated five to six million people.
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