Entry of women into mosques for offering namaz permitted: AIMPLB to SC

Updated: Feb 8 2023 9:47PM

Entry of women into mosques for offering namaz permitted: AIMPLB to SC

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the entry of women into mosques for offering namaz inside is permitted.

The board said a Muslim woman is free to enter a mosque for prayers and it is her option to exercise her right to avail such facilities as available for prayers in a mosque.

The AIMPLB said this in an affidavit filed in the apex court which is seized of a plea relating to the entry of Muslim women into mosque for offering namaz.

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