The Role of Women in Islam

NPR | By Ed Gordon

Published March 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

To discuss the challenges facing Muslim women, NPR's Ed Gordon is joined by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, editor of Living Islam Out Loud, an anthology of writings by Muslim-American women and an organizer of the recent New York City prayer meeting led by a Muslim woman, and Imam Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America in Detroit, Mich.

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