According to the Guardian, Sherin Khankan and Saliha Marie Fetteh, the mosque`s two female imams, shared the ceremony, as Khankan sang the adnan and made an opening speech.
Fetteh delivered the khutbah, or sermon, on the theme of `women and Islam in a modern world`.
This was history, the first female-led mosque in Scandinavia, with only a handful outside China.
In many mosques, men and women worship separately, with women encouraged to say prayers in their own homes.
Mosques are seen as the men`s realm.
According to The Guardian, the mosque has drawn up its own six-page marriage charter with four key principles.
In the mosque, polygamy is not an option; women have the right to divorce; a marriage will be annulled if psychological or physical violence is committed; and, in the event of divorce, women will have equal rights over any children.
Khankan said the mosque aims and hopes to challenge patriarchal roles within Islam, which is male-dominated, but also in other faiths too, such as Judaism and Catholicism.
Khankan wore a headscarf only to pray, saying it was her interpretation of being a faithful and loyal Muslim.
She told the paper: `We represent a modernist, spiritual approach to Islam. We are seeking to create an alternative voice, without delegitimising others. We want the Mariam mosque to be a place where everyone can come, and we can flourish together.
`What happens in a mosque goes way beyond the mosque itself – it affects society.`
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