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October 20, 2005
Spain: Conference on "Islamic Feminism" to be Held in Barcelona
A report from the Middle East Times has heralded a conference of Islamic women, on the subject of "Islamic Feminism", if that term is not an oxymoron.
The meeting will be held in Barcelona, on October 27,28 and 29. It is hosted by the Junta Islamica Catalana (Catalan Islamic Assembly) and a department of the Spanish ministry of labour and social affairs.
Attending the event will be the US academic Amina Wadud, who shocked with her reading of Muslim Friday prayers at a church in New York earlier this year. The event was held in an Episcopalian church on March 18th because three mosques had refused her permission.
Others expected to be present are Malaysian Zainah Anwar of Sisters in Islam and Valentina Moghdana from Iran, who is a UNESCO representative, who deals with equality and discrimination issues.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 20, 2005 8:20 AM
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