In late March, Rabi’a Keeble, the founder of Qal’bu Maryam, a women-centered mosque in Berkeley, California, announced her decision to close the place of worship due to diminishing resources and ...

(RNS) — Author Tazeen M. Ali said the Women’s Mosque of America ‘has global implications for how we study Islam.’ LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Tazeen M. Ali was a graduate student in Boston when she first ...

M. Hasna Maznavi, one of the co-founders of the Women’s Mosque of America in Los Angeles, died Wednesday from complications related to Type 1 diabetes, her family said in a statement. She was 39. Her ...

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One Muslim woman in California has made history by starting the first all-female mosque in the United States. It opened last week in Los Angeles. The Women's Mosque was hosted in a modest, multifaith ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A faith group has published Britain's first survey of women-friendly mosques, taking into account factors such as separate prayer spaces for the sexes and the ability of women to ...

New Delhi: Most days, 55-year-old Akila limps through the corridors of AIIMS or Safdarjung, chasing treatment for chronic knee and back pain. But the ache that burdened her the most wasn’t physical.

IUML leader Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal has issued a clarification after his daughter’s comments on women entering mosques ...

(RNS) — In late March, Rabi’a Keeble, the founder of Qal’bu Maryam, a women-centered mosque in Berkeley, California, announced her decision to close the place of worship due to diminishing resources ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. A new group called the Women's Mosque of America held their first Friday prayer service yesterday in Los Angeles. It was led by women, for women ...