Muslim woman sues mosque

Jon Anderson

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Feb 1, 2004, 12:46:07 PM2/1/04

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A Muslim woman by the name of Asra Nomani is suing her mosque in
Morgantown,WV USA for forcing women to enter the building through a side
door.

Mitch Farmer

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Feb 1, 2004, 1:27:03 PM2/1/04

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One of my best friends lives (actually a better term is exiled due to
a job relocation) in Morgantown, and I've been there twice to visit.
More amazing than the lawsuit is that there is a mosque in Morgantown.
I couldn't even find some Mexican food.

Enzo

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Feb 2, 2004, 7:33:19 AM2/2/04

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On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:46:07 GMT, "Jon Anderson"
<andogigiS...@earthlink.net> wrote:

[Virginia] Woman fights for equality in mosque - 26 Jan 04
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=1886
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[Asra] Nomani, a journalist who has written for the Wall Street
Journal and The Washington Post, is trying to change a rule that women
should enter the Morgantown mosque through a side staircase and pray
separately from the men. A growing number of mosques have such rules.
"I can interview the Taleban," said Nomani,38 , "but I can't walk
through the front door of my mosque." Before ever approaching the
front door, Nomani asked the mosque's board of trustees for equal
access for women. But when she later went to the mosque, the board
president stood at the front door and said, "Sister, please, the back
entrance," Nomani noted in a discrimination complaint she filed with
the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
..
About three months ago, Nomani, her mother and her12 -year-old niece
rejected the women's entrance for the front door. Once inside, the
women chose not to pray in a balcony built for women in the rear of
the mosque - where the main prayer space cannot be seen. Instead, they
began praying under the same vaulted, sunny ceiling as the men - but
several feet behind them. "The men interrupted the start of 'taraweeh'
prayer," Nomani recalled in the discrimination complaint. "A man said,
'We cannot pray until she leaves.' A group of men told my father to
tell me to leave. He said he would not. "Four men assembled around me
and told me to leave. Two men took positions directly behind me and
started to pray.

regards,
Enzo
Sharia News Watch 101 - dd. 29 Jan 04
msg-id<pnvh10dntvbp1amgg...@4ax.com>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shariawatch/message/101

Norma

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Feb 2, 2004, 10:15:51 AM2/2/04

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She certainly has every right to do this. But history will probably not
bear her case or modern anything courts satisfy her. Norma

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Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar

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Mar 10, 2004, 7:51:48 AM3/10/04

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this woman is the shataini(female devil)

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xtmprs...@erols.com

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Mar 10, 2004, 9:28:17 AM3/10/04

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That comment is an example of islamic womens rights.

Mike Craney

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Mar 10, 2004, 9:36:08 AM3/10/04

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Obviously a woman of strength and character.

Mike

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William S. Hubbard

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Mar 10, 2004, 10:16:59 AM3/10/04

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No, she is on the road to sanity.
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Phaedrine

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Mar 10, 2004, 9:00:00 PM3/10/04

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In article <404f0f68$1...@news.iprimus.com.au>,

"Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar" <jtab...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> this woman is the shataini(female devil)

On the contrary. This woman walks in the Light while the Lord of the
Grave pulls the strings of one of his favorite puppets--- you.