. >> ( praying >> reporter: sherin khankan is scandinavia's first female ima she's working to softenthe interface between western society and islam, and hopes that her brand of religion might also help to reduce is tmophobia. >>nk that the mariam nsque is the first mosque denmark who actually have a specific focus on women's rights, on... on gender equality. so, what we're doing is that we are rereading the koran according to our times and our societies, with a focus on women'ts. >> reporter: khankan's female congregation doesn't permit the filming of prayers. we were given access as she told visiting american students about one of the principles that distinguishes her house of god from the traditional. here, above a pedestrian shopping street, muslim women are allowed to marry men of other faiths. khankan says this is controversial. >> one of the biggest dilemmas of the youth today in europe and in the rest of the world is the question of love across not only national identities, but also religious identities. o, how do we solve that problems? and as an imam, we have to find islamic