(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 ...

But both women were unhappy with the traditional separation of men and women in mosques. They recently secured several thousand euros from a fund-raising campaign to rent out different venues once a ...

Then several young Muslim women privately confided in Tricia Pethic, 22, the only woman on the mosque board of directors. They found it difficult to fully engage in prayer guided only by a disembodied ...

The Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women in Doha, Qatar, is the first purpose-built mosque for women. Conceived by her highness Sheikha Moza Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation and designed by ...

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 ...

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 ...