
Trip to Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
2 years ago
From a scary taxi ride through Casablanca to a truly magnificent piece of North African architecture, my visit to Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca was wonderful. This mosque is the second largest in the world after Mecca and is one of the few mosques that allows non-Muslims to enter.
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There are separate prayer areas for women and men though. One man explained to me the reason: the position they pray in (kneeling) would distract the men if the women were in front. Thus, the women are in the rear of the room, or in the case of the Hassan II Mosque, in low balcony-type areas to the sides. At first I thought this was treating the women as lesser people but then I realized that all they are doing is admitting their shortcomings, and working around them!
islamfortoday.com/womeninmosques.htm
Eugenia: I'm going to assume the reason they didnt want they women inside was perhaps they werent modestly dressed.