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Knowledge, Empowerment and Religious Authority Among Pious Muslim Women in France and Germany
Author(s) -
Jouili Jeanette S.,
AmirMoazami Schirin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the muslim world
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1478-1913
pISSN - 0027-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-1913.2006.00150.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , history , citation , religious studies , sociology , media studies , political science , law , philosophy
I n both France and Germany, as probably elsewhere in Europe throughout the 1980s and 90s, a sizable number of mosques and Muslim organizations opened their doors to women and started to provide prayers rooms, religious instruction, 1 and other services exclusively for female believers. In both countries the number of women benefiting from these services, in particular from religious instruction, has clearly reached that of male Muslims. 2