ateş opened the ibn ruschd-goethe mosque in 2017, funded by a brothel and located in a church. it's the only liberal 'mosque' in germany where men and women pray together, and women can take the role of imam leading a prayer. the turkish religious authority and the egyptian fatwa council at the al-azhar university have condemned her project, and she has received death threats. the fatwa encompassed all present and future liberal mosques.