12 April 2010

Woman mosque leader seeks new Muslim in Europe

AMSTERDAM — Yassmine el Ksaihi doesn't see herself as a feminist rebel. She covers her head and wears modest clothing. .... At age 24 she is the administrator of a large mosque, an unusual position of authority for a young woman in the world of Islam, even in Europe.

In a first for the Netherlands, men and women pray together in the Polder Mosque — albeit segregated, with the women praying in the back of the red-carpeted prayer hall. Sermons are in Dutch rather than Arabic. Non-Muslims are welcome. [AP] Read more [via Islam in Europe]