Mujahid women want entry to all mosques

‘Koran and Hadith allow and encourage women to pray in mosques’

The Muslim Girls and Women’s Movement, popularly known as the Mujahid Girls Movement (MGM), has demanded that women be given entry in all mosques in the State.

A State delegate conference of the MGM, held at Randathani near Kottakkal on Sunday, said that no Islamic teaching prevented women from entering mosques for prayers. The conference warned against those trying to deny the rights of women in the name of tradition. The women pointed out that both the Koran and the Hadith, the ultimate source of Islamic teachings, allowed and encouraged women to pray in mosques. “All mosques in the State should be thrown open to women,” they said.

Representation

The meeting also demanded that Muslim women be given representation in the conduct and maintenance of mosques and Mahal committees.

“Women have a vital role to play in the community’s progress, and they should not be sidelined in the name of tradition,” the MGM said.

‘Fight against liquor’

The meeting blamed the government for promoting liquor trade and liquor shops, saying that it was a challenge on women.

It called upon women of all communities to stand united against liquor.

United Religions Initiative’s Asian coordinator and woman activist Qutub Jehan Kidwai inaugurated the conference. MGM State president Khadeeja Nargis presided.

Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen general secretary Abdul Ali Madani, Ithihadu Shubbanil Mujahideen State president Jabir Amani, Mujahid Students Movement State president Sufyan Abdussathar, and MGM students wing president Tahliyya Mohammedali spoke.