India’s Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider a petition from a Muslim couple to allow women into mosques, seeking to overturn a centuries-old practice that largely bars women from the places of worship. Women are not allowed inside most mosques in India, although a few have separate entrances for women to go into segregated areas. The petitioners, Yasmeen Peerzade and her husband Zuber Peerzade, said that women were allowed to enter mosques during the time of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). “There should not be any gender discrimination and allow Muslim women to pray in all mosques,” they said. Supreme Court judge S.A. Bobde said the court will examine the couple’s request at length.

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2019 10:30 UTC