PRISTINA, Kosovo — There’s a widespread tradition among many Muslims that it’s better for women to pray at home than in the mosque. They discuss the Qur’an, their rights as women and daily practices, in a scene unthinkable as little as a decade ago. Although in much of the Muslim world women teach other women, it is more common for that to occur at home or in event halls rather than in the mosques themselves. In some very conservative Islamic societies, women are generally distanced from mosques for social rather than religious reasons. About 180 Kosovo citizens are still active with extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, and the women are held in camps.

Source: National Post November 23, 2018 08:03 UTC