‘Pig in a poke: ‘Something sold or bought without the buyer knowing its true nature or value, especially when buying without inspecting the item beforehand.”
Inside the stain-glassed windows of the Pico-Union Project, a multi-faith synagogue in East Los Angeles, the pews were pushed to the side, against the walls, and long strips of cloth were spread out on the floors. These would serve as prayer mats for the hundred or so Muslim women congregants who would fill the room for the first ever Friday prayer at the Women’s Mosque of America.
More than 100 women began filling up the room at noon, and by 1 p.m., the men were asked to leave, the doors were closed, and the all-women program began. Edina Lekovic, the director of policy and programming at the Muslim Public Affairs Council, inaugurated the space with the first Friday sermon.
“Today is not a departure from our tradition as Muslim women,” said Lekovic in her address. “It’s a continuation of the proud legacy of Muslim women, throughout 14-plus centuries, who have participated in the spiritual life of their communities at all stages and in all places—inside of their mosques, inside of their homes, and in their broader societies—as scholars, as teachers, as leaders, and, fundamentally, as partners.”
More here. H/T: Doris Wise Montrose
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.
Remember: a couple of years back, a huge fuss was made about the first mosque for homosexuals to open in Paris.
This “gay mosque” was inside a buddhist temple. https://4freedoms.com/group/reformers/forum/topics/ludovic-mohamed-zahed-gay-friendly-mosques
Quislings.
Great find Joe, I remember that one now. Regardless of whatever movement (influenced by outside non-Islamic sources) tries to buck the trend, the Islamos will always bring it under control.