Sharing and Caring: Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark

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Sharing and Caring : Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark. / Lyngsøe, Maria Lindebæk.

In: Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2023, p. 39-61.

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Harvard

Lyngsøe, ML 2023, 'Sharing and Caring: Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark', Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 39-61. https://doi.org/10.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404

APA

Lyngsøe, M. L. (2023). Sharing and Caring: Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, 18(2), 39-61. https://doi.org/10.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404

Vancouver

Lyngsøe ML. Sharing and Caring: Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning. 2023;18(2):39-61. https://doi.org/10.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404

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Lyngsøe, Maria Lindebæk. / Sharing and Caring : Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark. In: Tidsskrift for Islamforskning. 2023 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 39-61.

Bibtex

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