1 in 4 Muslim women rarely visit a mosque as their needs are not noticed

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The needs of Muslim women are overlooked in most of the mosques in England so they rarely attend a mosque for praying.

A survey of Muslim women in Britain has found that one in four rarely visit a mosque. And only one in four have a mosque local to them that provides facilities for women, such as separate prayer rooms, toilets with sanitary bins and areas for breast feeding. The survey found that women have resorted to praying in changing rooms, street corners and car parks or miss prayer completely.

Overall, 70 per cent of those surveyed felt some level of positive connectedness to Islam, but only 32 per cent felt connected to the wider Muslim community.

The survey of 1200 women and a further 24 in focus groups, was by Muslim Census in collaboration with the Ta Collective, which advocates for Muslim women.

It was designed to test the social and spiritual implications of overlooking the needs of women.