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A Welcome Addition: Women-Only Mosque Opens in Downtown L.A.
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Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God: The Infinitely Merciful and Compassionate Beloved Lord It always did pain me. In many mosques – too many, actually – the space for women is woefully inadequate (if not downright gross). Of course, I never saw these spaces for myself, but I learned from my own family and from my…
Drive On, My Sisters!
By
Hesham A. Hassaballa
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Perhaps inspired by the “Arab Spring,” women in Saudi Arabia are beginning to challenge the decades-old ban on their getting behind the wheel. According to the Associated Press: A campaign to defy Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving opened Friday with reports of some female motorists…
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