2007-02-20 22:30:01 · 8 answers · asked by much2muchcoffee 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Who told you that? They simply have their own section, usually separated with a curtain or wall within the same mosque.
Cheers & God bless.
2007-02-20 22:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gender separation
Islamic law requires men and women to be separated in the prayer hall; ideally, the women must occupy the rows behind the men. Muhammad preferred women to pray at home rather than at a mosque, and according to the hadith Muhammad said: "The best mosques for women are the inner parts of their houses." The second caliph Umar went so far as to prohibit women from attending mosques and required them to pray at home. Sometimes a special part of the mosque was railed off for women; for example, the governor of Mecca in 870 had ropes tied between the columns to make a separate place for women. Many mosques today will put the women behind a barrier or partition or in another room. Mosques in South and Southeast Asia put men and women in separate rooms, as the divisions were built into them centuries ago. In nearly two-thirds of American mosques, women pray behind partitions or in separate areas, not in the main prayer hall; some mosques do not admit women at all. The large crowds present at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, especially during the annual pilgrimage, often result in unintended mixing between genders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mosque#gend...
2007-02-21 06:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have some very wrong information. Women DO go to the mosque, there are no restrictions on their ability to attend. They do, however, pray in a different area than the men.
2007-02-21 07:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ terry g ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslim women are allowed to go to the mosque. They have their own area where they pray, and the men have their own area.
It is not just the women who are not allowed to go into the mens area, but also the men are not allowed into the womens area.
2007-02-25 01:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by soa24434 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who told u that? muslim women can pray inside the mosque but seperately
2007-02-21 09:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are allowed.They do worship at a private room at the premises of mosque.But,they are not allowed to worship in the public room with men.
2007-02-21 06:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Sheeth 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
either you are making it up or you have been misinformed.
2007-02-21 06:49:18 · answer #7 · answered by XB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are.
2007-02-21 06:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋