A Muslim woman walks into a Unitarian church ...

by Leanne Larmondin
Pew Forum
May 5, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1677/a-muslim-woman-walks-into-a-unitarian-church

Excerpt:

Some church-going families in the Western world would recoil at the thought of a Muslim being responsible for their children's religious education.

But Farzana Hassan, activist, writer and advocate for Islamic reform, isn't your average Muslim, and the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga isn't your average suburban church.

Hassan, former president of the Muslim Canadian Congress, was recently hired as the director of spiritual exploration at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, a suburb 15 miles west of Toronto. The part-time position in the self-described "liberal spiritual community" sees her working with up to three dozen children, ranging from 3 to 18 years old, every Sunday.

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