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How a growing number of Muslim women clerics are challenging traditional narratives

  • Written by Rachel Rinaldo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado

Recent terrorist attacks such as the one in London inevitably lead to coverage of Islamist ideology, Muslim culture and Muslim women’s rights. What is often missing, however, in my view is the fact that within Islam there are many diverse views – change is afoot and not least among women.

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