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Many non-Muslims, and even some Muslims themselves, consider the Islamic religion as being hostile towards women. Just as some Catholics organised in the socalled “Church from below” are fighting for a more open-minded church, some Muslims are advocating a more modern interpretation of Islam which takes contemporary problems into account. Women from all over the world recently met at a conference organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cologne in order to discuss their ideas concerning a modern form of Islam. High on the agenda were the role of women and human rights.

(Report: Helle Jeppesen and Linda Daniels)