First all-female mosque opens in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES — The first women-only mosque in the United States opened its doors in Los Angeles on Friday with an inaugural jummah, or prayer, by Edina Lekovic of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. The mosque is housed in a century-old multifaith worship space near downtown. Originally built as a synagogue, Pico-Union is now the home of the nonprofit Women’s Mosque as well as several Jewish and Christian groups.

Even as the boards of directors at many American mosques are becoming more welcoming to women, the relegation of Muslim women to basements, balconies and other less desirable spaces in their houses of worship remains a common practice. That second-class status is the main force behind the founding of the Women’s Mosque.

While a mosque solely for women is a novelty among the roughly 2,000 mosques in the United States, mosques for each sex have long flourished in other parts of the world. The young American Muslims behind the Women’s Mosque are working to counter cultural practices that marginalize women, by linking their effort with established Muslim traditions and helping the disaffected reconnect with their faith. There is no requirement that worshipers wear headscarves, welcoming women “in the type and style of clothing in which they feel comfortable.”

The desire to nurture that faith is what motivates Sana Muttalib, an attorney specializing in international anticorruption law and a co-president of the Women’s Mosque, along with M. Hasna Maznavi, a comedy writer and director. Muttalib’s understanding of Islam was shaped by a belief in women’s equality from a very young age, she said. “The stories my mother taught me from the Quran were all about equality. When I grew up and realized that isn’t always the reality that plays out in society, I was shocked. It really caused me to have a crisis of faith.”

She said she began to rekindle her faith in law school, where she took a constitutional law class and an Islamic law class in the same term. “I reconnected with the Quran and realized what was there and wasn’t there in terms of empowering women,” she said. “Before I die, I wanted to help the real Islam be lived in society. I had been looking for a way to do that.”


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i approve it. after khalafah rashida, and in ummayata and after that women were almost forbidden to go masjid cause of badow none islamic culture that brought back from arabs in early islamic history.

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There is no requirement that worshipers wear headscarves, welcoming women “in the type and style of clothing in which they feel comfortable.”
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Don't they need to be covered up during salat? Or is this part of the movement.

I like this idea.

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Not bad idea, more privacy i guess

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Is this allowed in the religion?

[LeJusticier]

Is this allowed in the religion?

yes

[Jeffo]

More women only masjids

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Do women lead prayers? (I appologize for my ignorance in advance

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for women only or young children (so far, before comes another fatwa says otherwise..lol)

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tnx bro Hyper! DR. Yalaho posted some videos of women leading mixed men/women prayers which looked peculiar

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uk somali women will stop building mens mosque. from now on they will contribute their own lool.

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tnx bro Hyper! DR. Yalaho posted some videos of women leading mixed men/women prayers which looked peculiar

I remember that clip. first time I have seen troll in mosque....I call her mosque troll

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i wouldnt mind if the imam woman, have some curtain between her and men. cause some men when love to see woman bending! people are sick.


the good side would be people like menace and Lilemporier would be praying in jama'a all 5 prayers and wouldnt miss a prayer.lol

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uk somali women will stop building mens mosque. from now on they will contribute their own lool.

I support women mosque only. Our women suffer here. They put women in the worst section if there's female area, however, most of the mosques are men only..wtf

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LeJ, lol@mosque troll.

Hyper,lol- I don't now if u remember a couple of years back, a guy n one of those clips was looking at the woman's behind and some of us made not-so-good comments.