Saturday, January 31, 2015

MUSLIM WOMEN BREAKING FREE FROM MALE DOMINATED ISLAM

Muslim women kneel for the prayer service at the Women's Mosque of America in downtown Los Angeles, January 30, 2015. (Reuters/Lori Shepler)
Muslim women kneel for the prayer service at the Women's Mosque of America in downtown
Los Angeles, January 30, 2015. (Reuters/Lori Shepler)
Some women traveled to LA from as far as New Jersey, with a flight time of over 5 hours, to be a part of what many hail as a breakthrough. In traditional mosques, women pray separately from men, which as many complain, can distance them from the speaker. Some women also feel excluded for other reasons, such as male-only Quran studies.The first all-female mosque has opened its doors in America, with up to 150 women coming from across the country not to miss the historical prayer lead by a female imam at a former synagogue that's now a multifaith center in Los Angeles.

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