Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Meant to link this the other day. Neo notes some changes in a San Francisco mosque: Islam: tear down this wall.
San Francisco is one of the most "progressive" (read: liberal) cities in the US. And, as this NY Times article describes, there's a movement there to modernize Islam, at least in a small way.
As part of renovations to the Darussalam mosque in San Francisco last fall, a wall separating the women worshippers from the men was demolished and not reconstructed. This was the result of a campaign by what the Times calls "a small if determined band of North American Muslims, mostly younger women," to change practices they feel are discriminatory, and not a necessary part of Islam.
Like I've always said, America is Islam's greatest hope.
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