She is also an activist on Muslim issues including female integration and extremism, and has written numerous texts discussing Islam and politics.

Khankan notes that Christianity, Jewish, and Muslim institutions have become patriarchal, and she sees women-run mosques as a challenge to this tradition.

Khankan gave the call to prayer and 60 women gathered above a fast food shop.

Another imam, Saliha Marie Fetteh, took the service where she spoke on the subject of women and Islam.

She was also hosted by Emmanuel Macron in his presidential palace for her advocacy for progressive mosques and feminist imams.