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mosqueMuslim women arrive for the prayer service at the Women's Mosque of America in downtown Los Angeles in January. The mosque, the first of its kind in the US, launched with a women-led prayer service.

America’s first all-female mosque is receiving praise — and some pushback

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The leaders of a new mosque in Southern California want to create a “safe space to be with their sisters” and a way to empower Muslim American women. Will all-female mosques catch on elsewhere in the United States?

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