DHAKA — Bangladesh opened its first Islamic school for transgender Muslims on Friday with clerics calling it a first step towards integrating the discriminated minority into society.
The madrasa is one of a series of recent moves in Bangladesh to make life easier for the Muslim-majority nation with up to 1.5 million transgender people.
Up to 150 students – nearly all adults – will get lessons similar to those in a traditional madrasa, where the Koran is taught along with Islamic philosophy, Bengali, English, math and social sciences. (AFP)
