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The founder of Denmark’s first female-led mosque was scheduled to meet France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Monday to discuss religion and politics.
Sherin Khankan, imam and founder of the Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen, was invited to visit the French president on Monday morning to speak about subjects including Islamic feminism, reports Danish broadcaster DR.
Macron is interested in hearing the Danish imam’s thoughts on balancing religion and politics, according to DR’s report.
France has a secular political tradition, with state and church divided in a concept known in French as laïcité.
Macron hopes that input from leaders of diverse branches of different faiths will give ideas that can help France tackle societal problems connected to religious and cultural differences, the broadcaster writes.