SHAFAQNA –Once a month on a Sunday afteoon, a dozen Muslim women meet at the Moroccan Deli-Cacy on Lygon St and take up positions on tables and benches. The women sip tea, nibble on biscuits and wait for their dates, who line up out the door to meet their matches. But it’s not romance they want to share — it’s enlightenment. The event aims to ‘start a conversation between Muslims and non-Muslims’. Restaurateur Hana Assafiri said her Speed Date a Muslim event was an instant hit when she launched it earlier this year, thanks to its simple premise: come and ask a Muslim woman anything you like. She was motivated by the sense that something in the national mood had shifted and Muslims were being...
ادامه مطلب