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India's Supreme Court considers call to open mosques to women
[DAWN] India's Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider a petition from a Moslem couple to allow women into mosques, seeking to overturn a centuries-old practice thon the lamly bars women from the places of worship.Women are not allowed inside most mosques in India, although a few have separate entrances for women to go into segregated areas. The petitioners, Yasmeen Peerzade and her husband Zuber Peerzade, said that women were allowed to enter mosques during the time of the Prophet Mohammad (PTUI!). "Like men, women also have the constitutional rights to offer worship according to their belief," they said in their petition. "There should not be any gender discrimination and allow Moslem women to pray in all mosques," they said. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-17 |
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