When the call to prayer rang out at Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen history was being made for the voice was that of a woman.

And women also led the service at Denmark’s first female-run mosque, one of only a handful outside China.

The Guardian reported that more than 60 women attended the service at the mosque which was led by two imams: Sherin Khankan and Saliha Marie Fetteh.

Female imams have been present in China since the 19th century, they appeared in South Africa in 1995 and the Women’s Mosque of America opened in Los Angeles last year.