Salam Alaikum:
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
Okay, I am not trying to sell Girls Scout cookies here. It has been my observation that aside from MSA a major portion of the Ummah of the Prophet is missing from our mosques. They have been marginalized, locked up in the basement, shown closets for prayer areas, given looks, shoved in the back rows, and have been told “stay at home!”.
Who is this unfortunate group?
They are known to us as our sisters. It is mind boggling to see that in most cases 50% of our community is not involved in our “community centers”…hmmm!
Is there anybody stopping them? Or simply our sisters have become so complacent that they do not see any point in visiting mosques for jumuah or regular prayers?
Well! I decided to pick up my pen on this subject matter because it bothers me that in many cases my sisters have nothing to contribute to the community. Now I want to take this Sister Power to another level (guys don’t panic). Since the mosques don’t belong to anyone of the men…(last time I checked it is the house of worship for both men and women). I wanted to give all the sisters in my local community a very simple CHALLENGE.
Pay Attention!
The challenge is that there should be so many sisters in local mosque THIS FRIDAY (1/25/08) that there is no room for men… (OMG, I think I will be in trouble with one of your dads…lol.). Can you make it? Can you carpool? Can you organize sisters and visit masjid for one hour on jumua?
Lets break the bad old habit of staying at home for jumua…Lets bring in some sisters to run the show. (puhleezzz, don’t forward this email to your dads!!!)please call/forward this chain mail to other sisters in your community. This JUMUA (1/25/08) Sister Power HOUR at your local masjid.
faraz
p.s. BTW, guys don’t even think about wearing niqab!.
2 Responses
Only 10 sisters are able to fit at masjid Al huda, (in New Brunswick) comfortably. So maybe we can alternate amongst the siters in that community, but make sure 10 come out each friday, insha Allah
Posted on January 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
salam,
No sister should remain behind from coming to the mosque due to lack of space. The leadership must accommodate men, women, and youth in the mosque. Women should not look at their prayers as a second class attendees. Unless our sisters participate in the mosque, they will be forced out on jumua, taraweeh, iftar, eid, etc.
I suggest that politely let the admin. know that 10 space for women is not enough.
Posted on January 28th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
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