Kadra Yusuf Explained

Kadra Yusuf
Birth Date:16 June 1980
Birth Place:Somalia
Occupation:Activist
Nationality:Norwegian

Kadra Yosuf (born 16 June 1980), also known as Kadra Noor or Kadra Norwegian, is a Norwegian-Somali activist.[1]

In 2000, she investigated female genital cutting in the Somali community in Norway in the documentary Norske jenter omskjæres for Rikets tilstand on TV 2. Going undercover, she exposed the support of imams in Norway for the practice.[2] [3] For her efforts, she received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award, but has since been living in hiding.

In April 2007 she called to reinterpret the Koran as far as it concerns Muslim women's rights. Several days later she was attacked by a group of Somali immigrants, both male and female, who shouted at her that she was trampling the Koran.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Islam in Europe. 2008-01-31.
  2. News: - Jeg måtte bare gjøre det!. Dagbladet. Frode. Hansen. Rønnaug. Jarlsbo. 5 October 2000. Norwegian.
  3. News: HRS og Storhaug fulgt av anklager. Dagbladet. Lars Molteberg . Glomnes. Martine . Aurdal. Line . Fransson. Marie . Melgård. 3 July 2009. no.
  4. Web site: Kadra attacked in public. 2007-04-13. Fjeldstad. Knut. Aftenposten. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070416111546/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1734869.ece. 2007-04-16.