In the middle of Doha’s fast-moving city life stands a space designed entirely for women. The Al-Mujadilah Centre & Mosque ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of a month of fasting from dusk till dawn and additional acts of worship. On Eid, ...

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.

(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 ...

Maeve Kucia wondered why Muslim men and women pray in different rooms at mosques, and got her answer at an open house at the Masjid Rahman Great America Islamic Center in Lake Villa Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After the traditional call to prayer, Edina Lekovic stood in front of some 150 women seated on the floor at an interfaith center in Los Angeles, and delivered a sermon, a role ...

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 ...