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Why religious exclusion deepens hijra isolation

The local mosque banned me from prayers after someone told the imam I am hijra even though my faith has never changed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual rejection compounds social marginalization by severing connections to transcendent meaning and community worship.

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