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UK: Quest to become 'UK's first female imam'

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BBC
Salma Qureshi, a computer programmer and British Muslim, tells the BBC of her ambition to become one of the UK's first female imams.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4290960.stm
Submitted on Fri, 09/30/2005 - 00:00
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  • Empowerment
  • [empower] women religious leaders

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