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shaanu Stillwater, OK |
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No bio submitted. Member since March 2, 2005
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| First Hijra Muslim Community Center: ★★★ Decent in terms of cleanliness, comfort, accommodations. Separate women's room is a couple of flights of stairs up (which makes it awkward for women with bad knees, kids, etc.) I was pregnant, and hurt my back that day; couldn't pray standing up for a few days. CCTV was not turned on during jumah. Street parking. Khutbah wasn't terrible. (Submitted on January 17, 2006) |
| Masjid ush-Shura: ★★★★ Its a nice little place, and the gentleman who administers it is a really knowledgeable elderly man who is a veritable community historian. They do well with what they have. (Submitted on December 27, 2005) |
| Abu Bakr Siddiq Mosque: ★★★ I knew this mosque 10 years ago, I don't know how they run it now. At that time, there were struggles between selfrighteous Salafis and non-salafis. The mosque space wasn't very large even then but adequate. (Submitted on September 19, 2005) |
| Islamic Association of Raleigh: ★★★★ I visited this center some time ago in connection with a wedding. The gender arrangement seemed better than most mosques. The imam appears to help and counsels both genders in his community. (Submitted on May 28, 2005) |
| Islamic Society of Greenville: NR Small partitioned area in the back for women, with a small window to see the imam - even that was covered up by the conservative vote. (Submitted on May 28, 2005) |
| Bloomington Islamic Center: ★★★ This mosque has a beautiful main prayer hall - and it has been used only for men. For women, the basement hall is used, which is inferior in quality, carpeting, architecture, and even heating. Some women have tried to pray upstairs but several men campaigned against them and excluded them from the area. Main community meetings/discussions are staged in the (men's) prayer hall, and women may ask for mikes to participate from below - however they are invisible and so do not necessarily get turns to speak. There is a small CCTV in the women's hall (which kids sometimes turn off and which doesnt always work) so women are sometimes at a loss during prayer. The heating is below par in the women's hall which is bad during winter taraweehs. A makeshift room was built just outside the women's hall but it has no insulation, so women often eat/work in this room in the cold. Kitchen and library facilities are shared, but sometimes men dislike women to come in and use them. (Submitted on May 27, 2005) |
| Institute of Islamic & Arabic Sciences: ★★★ Women do not participate except in segregated prayer space and classes. Attendance is FAIRLY diverse, but some of the women are vigilantes who monitor other women's clothes! Bo-ring. (Submitted on May 27, 2005) |
| Masjid Muhammad: ★★★★ I like this masjid! Very open, solidly American, down to earth, no outlandish rhetoric, grounded in a community. Predominantly African America but the attendees welcome all. Women and men in same prayer hall on different sides, which is excellent. Wish more mosques did that. Post-jumah there is a nice community mini-bazaar for men and women. People actually talk to you even if they don't know you, unlike most other DC-area mosques (in others, I've had people talk to me mainly if they want to tell me something about my clothing isn't right). People who love to hear Arabic catchphrases pronounced Gulf-style and see only Arab/desi clothing may not like it here. (Submitted on May 27, 2005) |
| Masjid Dar ul-Huda: NR We went there a couple years ago, and there was NO women's jumah. A man directed me to a room where he said I could pray zuhr. I never went back. (Submitted on May 26, 2005) |
| ADAMS Center: ★★★★ It's pretty good. I have to say it's probably one of the best in the area. To feel most at home, you should probably be raised in MYNA/MSA/ISNA. (Submitted on May 26, 2005) |
| Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center: ★★★ Women's area is completely separate though you can peer through a carved balcony to see the men. It's decent, though not big enough for jumah. Last I went for jumah I barely squeezed through, and got chided for not having my hijab on (in the women's area!) (Submitted on May 26, 2005) |
| Mustafa Center Mosque: ★★★★ It's pretty good. Sadly, they raised the barrier in the women's area. It used to be short, so that if women were sitting, they couldn't be seen but when you stood up you were visible -which shouldn't matter since everyone's praying. Now, you have to peer through a bigger barrier. (Submitted on May 26, 2005) |
| Muslim Community Center: ★★★ I recall the times I've been here that the women's prayer area IS behind a barrier. (Submitted on May 26, 2005) |
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