A new story on the courageous American Muslim Asra Nomani, who is fighting for equality of dignity for women in a West Virginia mosque. She entered through the front door; they want to banish her altogether. Bull Connor couldn’t have done it better. From the BBC, with thanks to Fanabba:
Indian Muslim Asra Nomani has found herself on the frontline of a battle for women’s rights in Islam in the United States.
She entered the local mosque through the front door and dared to pray alongside men, an act that has triggered heated discussions among America’s Muslim community.
An all-male “tribunal” of the mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia, wants to banish Ms Nomani because they think she is a frequent trouble-maker.
In their campaign to silence her, she has been depicted as heretical, misguided and westernized, someone in need of reform.
Who really needs reform here?