Her own space to pray | The Indian Express

Her own space to pray | The Indian Express

Written by Faizan Mustafa, Jagteshwar Sohi |Updated: July 17, 2019 5:14:33 am

The writer is vice chancellor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

Sohi teaches at NALSAR University of Law

Her own space to pray

Unlike men, women in Islam do not have a religious obligation to offer the Friday or five daily prayers in mosques. But all mosques should have a designated place for women

There is concrete evidence that during the Prophet’s lifetime, women used to pray in mosques. (Illustration by Suvajit Dey)

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL filed by Swamy Dethathreya Sai Swaroop Nath, president of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (Kerala), seeking entry of women into mosques. A division bench of the Kerala High Court on October 11, 2018, had also dismissed this petition as the petitioner failed to demonstrate the existence of a practice of denying entry to women.