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How many Mosques are there in the UK?

Do you think Muslims are breaking the UK Equal Opportunities Laws by not allowing their women into mosques?

  • In recent years in the UK, equal opportunities for women have resulted in changes to many traditional environments - including 'Men Only' areas in golf clubs and pubs for example where women are now permitted. So integration into our society for immigrants would be given a big boost if women were allowed into 'Men Only' mosques as that is not allowed under UK Equal Opportunity Laws.

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    Islam is not against women praying in mosques, though it is recommended that they do pray at home. All big mosques have sections for women as well as sections for men. However, smaller ones have sections for men only, depending on the number of big mosques in the area and the number of muslim population as well. This is how things are in my country. I am not sure about things in the UK, but it is up to muslims to decide, in this particular business, what suits the muslims community in accordance with the Islamic views. This has nothing to do with the equal opportunity law because this is a strictly Islamic business that the UK law does not need or have the right to interfer in. Did the muslim women complain? Did they ask for the law to be applied in this religious matter? I do not think muslim women in the UK are helpless, if you assume they are in the east!!! Are you just digging for trouble?

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Further to the original question - as a white 30something male, why am I not permitted to enter a mosque? Anyone and everyone is free to enter a christian church.

ian_graves

Had not realised women were not allowed into mosques, but now I come to think of it, one only sees kneeling men in the shots of Muslims praying. Many religions segregate the sexes in temples, including Jewish, but this total ban seems a bit much. It is not up to us to change a centuries old religion, however, they should be encouraged to bring it a little more up-to-date. On the whole, most people would say the worst, most shocking thing about the Muslim religion (to us) is their attitude toward women. Remember, an adulterous woman is stoned to death....but an adulterous man? I don't think so. I wonder who made the rules?

simon2blues

It is up to the Muslims to decide what they want to do. I don't think anyone has a right to tell them what to do.

jm

Probably the exact exemption for the Catholic church to refuse women priests.

Veston Pants

That is a good point.

Leopold Bloom

Are women allowed in Gents toilets?

clusp

yes i do they are in our country so the same law applies to all

amber_xx66

Yes

william c

In my view, whatever goes on in a mosque, provided no actual criminal conduct takes place, is only the business of Muslims. I wish all the so-called 'Christians' out there would pay as much attention to their own behaviour as they seem to to that of Muslims.

TC

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