http://www.ijtema.net/2008/10/21/talking-in-the-masjid-women/ A Congregation of Muslim Bloggers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ijtema.net/2008/10/21/talking-in-the-masjid-women/comment-page-1/#comment-57412 fatma Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:57:59 +0000 http://www.ijtema.net/2008/10/21/talking-in-the-masjid-women/#comment-57412 i totally agree with you. but something interesting happened once when i was speaking to a group of muslim women on this subject. they happened to be part of a mosque that has a room designated just for women (& their children) with a tv monitor that shows the imam or speaker. anyhow, one woman said that she prefers being in quarters where there are no men because she is free to sit as she likes and remove her scarf...good point i thought, in fact i wish they would move the men in the smaller room and we have the main hall and then have the imam sit in a completely separate room (all by himself) and speak before a camera, perhaps they will all feel what we feel! i totally agree with you. but something interesting happened once when i was speaking to a group of muslim women on this subject. they happened to be part of a mosque that has a room designated just for women (& their children) with a tv monitor that shows the imam or speaker. anyhow, one woman said that she prefers being in quarters where there are no men because she is free to sit as she likes and remove her scarf…good point i thought, in fact i wish they would move the men in the smaller room and we have the main hall and then have the imam sit in a completely separate room (all by himself) and speak before a camera, perhaps they will all feel what we feel!

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