Author: Sajjad Karim 12 May 2007 - Issue : 729

What comes into your mind when you think of a Muslim woman? A mysterious veiled victim of male oppression, awaiting Western liberation? A slogan-shouting terrorist? An uneducated foreigner with whom you have little in common? These thoughts have prompted me to organise a seminar with the European Forum of Muslim Women to encourage a dialogue within Europe, and hopefully to find answers to these complex questions.