Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia

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Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/world/asia/indonesia-transgender-muslim.html?_r=0

The New York Times/By JON EMONT DEC. 22, 2015

"YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — As the call to prayer boomed over this midsize university town on a recent Sunday evening, rows of conservatively dressed Muslim women laid out their prayer mats, bowed toward Mecca and murmured prayers in Arabic. As dusk fell, it was a ritual being carried out in mosques and prayer academies across the city."