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Malaysian-American Ani Zonneveld is what she calls an 鈥渋mam with a small 鈥榠.鈥欌�� She often leads Friday prayers in her Los Angeles community, and she founded Muslims for Progressive Values, a US-based international group of Muslims which supports gender equality, interfaith marriage, and gay rights. Jane Little talked to Ani about faith, fanaticism, and why she speaks out against what she calls 鈥渂lind ritual.鈥� She says she is not radical 鈥� she is 鈥渞adically going back to tradition.鈥�

(Photo: Ani Zonneveld. Credit: Laura Wagner)