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Finland will see a new magazine created by young Muslims in August. The magazine will include matters of daily interest and features ranging from fashion to sport as seen from a Muslim perspective. The staff of the magazine, Umma, says they also want to reach young ethnic Finnish readers.
The idea of a magazine targeted at Muslim youth was generated by the youth committee of Finland's Muslim Council about a year ago. Its editor-in-chief, Bilal Sehli, has been involved from the start. The first issue will appear in August.
"There are a lot of foreigners in Finland and there are also Finnish young Muslims. But they don't have an activity where they could talk about themselves, about their lives, their stories," says Sehli.