In Turkey, Muslim women gain expanded religious authority

Campaigning for the EU? From the Christian Science Monitor, with thanks to Skeetstreet: ISTANBUL – Covered in a pink and gray head scarf that tightly frames her round face, and adorned in a long, dark-blue overcoat, Zuleyha Seker hardly seems like a rebel. But as one of 400 women preachers, known as vaizes, currently working … Continue reading In Turkey, Muslim women gain expanded religious authority