Tunisia Wants Women To Pray At Home

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PARIS, May 29 (IslamOnline.net) - The Tunisian Ministry of Religious Affairs has recently asked mosque imams to encourage women to perform their prayers at home instead of going to the mosque.

The controversial move immediately triggered an outcry from Tunisian opposition powers who accused the government of being impatient with the growing number of Hijab-clad women going to mosques in droves.

In an official document sent to all mosques, the ministry asked imams to preach women that they are not required to attend the Friday prayers at mosques, said the Tunisia News, a bulletin issued by the Tunisian opposition in Europe and sent to islamOnline.net.

It contained several verses from the Glorious Qur'an and hadiths which, according to the ministry, indicate that there is no need for women to perform the jama`ah or congregational prayers in the mosque.

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