Does Islam have room for transgender women. Fear. Struggle. Identity. Faith. For many belonging to Java's Muslim waria population (transgender women), these are experiences they faced every day. Then they met Shinta Ratri, the founder of ...See moreDoes Islam have room for transgender women. Fear. Struggle. Identity. Faith. For many belonging to Java's Muslim waria population (transgender women), these are experiences they faced every day. Then they met Shinta Ratri, the founder of the world's first and only Islamic school run by and for transgender women. Over a decade ago, Shinta opened Al-Fatah Pesantren in the Muslim city of Yogyakarta. Her goal: to offer fellow waria the opportunity to discuss and practice their Islamic faith in a communal space.
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