STAND IN

OK.... a PRAY IN is forming THIS Saturday at 5pm. Please contact me directly for meetup location (it is in DC). :)

OK... two things:
1) PRAY IN - either Dec 26 (mag / ish) or Jan 2 (mag / ish) - which would you like to do?
2) International Women's Day - March 8, 2011 - want to do an event to include a PRAY IN, panel discussion / special speaker, art presentation ... open to suggestions and help in planning.
Contact me directly or here. :)

I am doing research and found this blog posting... I think you will like it.
I do have some more catching up to do on "dispatches"... but am juggling priorities.
http://muslimreverie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/its-time-to-end-gender-segregation-in-mosques/

It’s Time to End Gender Segregation in Mosques « Muslim Reverie I already know what many of you are thinking. “This is haram/biddah/un-Islamic,” or “you’re trying to westernize Islam!” or perhaps my favorite, “This an example of people following their own desires over what God wants or commands.” Some go as far to call Muslim feminism an “oxymoron,” or “extrem...

Here is a good read (referred by Ify Okoye - jazakallah!)...

http://muslimmatters.org/2010/10/16/they-dont-have-prayer-the-media-and-eid-for-muslim-women-in-south-africa/

They Don’t Have Prayer: The Media and Eid For Muslim Women in South Africa | MuslimMatters.org An abridged version of this article was published at Muslimah Media Watch By Safiyyah Surtee Several weeks after Eid al Fitr and before Eid al Adha, it’s ...

"Self-actualizing men and women possess at least enough trust - faith,
confidence, intent - to suspend fear and anxiety over survival
concerns; to inch into their unknowns and tolerate, if not actively
invite, the small deaths that lead to a larger, more abundant life."
(from the book, Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics)

There will be more news out on PRAY IN... keep your eyes peeled.
Also, a protest on Wednesday - we need DOERS and not just TALKERS... where are my doers? Contact me and I will let you know where and when. :)

In the wake of the statement by DC Police Chief Kathy Lanier we need to plan a protest very soon.
What about NEXT WEEK?
Please speak up and let me know if you are able to be present and which day / time would be best for you.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/D_C_-police-won_t-intervene-to-remove-women-from-mosques-96758814.html

D.C. police won't intervene to remove women from mosques | Washington Examiner The D.C. police department will no longer intervene in an ongoing protest by Islamic women over their place in area mosques, The Washington Examiner has learned.

A group of Muslim women has provoked confrontations in mosques in and around the capital for months by claiming the right to worship next...

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I
am wondering what the sisters, and brothers, are thinking about the
movement to get women down on the floor, with the congregation, without
barriers... How do you think this will impact Muslim women? Will
success in this initiative mean progress in other issues for women -
and Muslims, in general?

Can we get a WHOOP! This is such a victory, people.
Now these men will be forced to deal with us directly and consider the issue more seriously instead of relying on the convenience of shooing us out with "religious police" vis a vis DC Police Department.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/D_C_-police-won_t-intervene-to-remove-women-from-mosques-96758814.html

D.C. police won't intervene to remove women from mosques | Washington Examiner The D.C. police department will no longer intervene in an ongoing protest by Islamic women over their place in area mosques, The Washington Examiner has learned. A group of Muslim women has provoked confrontations in mosques in and around the capital for months by claiming the right to worship next ...

Going to scope the capacity/space of the main prayer space at a local mosque. Want to see if their excuse really is "space".