Northwestern Chaplain first woman to recite Quran
Northwestern Chaplain first woman to recite Quran
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Tahera Ahmad became the first Muslim Chaplain at Northwestern University in 2010. Now she’s completed another first. Last weekend, she was the first woman to recite from the Quran in a public session at the Islamic Society of North America conference. She explains the evolution of American Muslim women and what last weekend meant to her.
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