Female imam to take on radicals

THE first female imam to open a mosque in Germany has called for an end to the Middle Eastern funding she says is fostering extremism in Europe’s mosques.

Seyran Ates (55) made headlines in 2017 when she set up Germany’s first equal rights mosque, where men and women pray side by side, burkas are not allowed and women can lead the prayers.

Now Ms Ates is calling for governments across Europe to ban the foreign funding of mosques, which she says is preventing a liberal and tolerant Islam from emerging.

“You don’t trust the wolf to take care of your sheep,” she said.