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“Muslims are democratic” Suleiman says. “We welcome all peo-
ple no matter where they are from. But the Slovenes . ” He pauses.
I smile and nodencouraging him to speak his mind. He continues
“Slovenes are fearful of foreigners. They think our treatment of
women is terriblebut here women can pray alongside men.”
To prove itthey invite us into the central prayer roomshaking
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in ornate carpets. Pictures of famous mosques adorn the walls
juxtaposed to glass plate etchings of elaborate Arabic script.
“Have you experienced any direct hostility from the neigh-
bors?” I ask.
“The people here are not extremists” Sulat says. “They just
don’t want us to build minarets or be too visible. They just don’t
know anything about Islam or Muslims.”
Muslims in Slovenia faced strong opposition to the building of
any mosques larger than the one we currently stand in. Theprayer
room is designed to accommodate only 50 worshippers comfort-
ablybut it must hold two hundred men and womenpressed shoul-
der to shoulder. Suleiman says the city’s Muslim community needs
three or four more mosques to serve the entire congregatiyilai:
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