When I last logged into Facebook, I was delighted to see a surge of posters featuring a Muslim woman with the tagline "Occupy the mosque". This does not mean I support the physical occupation of prayer spaces across the UK (especially not when people are praying), but because I believe in dismantling the status quo – a status quo that many British Muslims, especially women, have had to pay a bitter price for.
A series of declarations were listed above the poster, including "Women have an Islamic right to hold leadership positions and as members of the board of directors and management committees", and "Women have an Islamic right to be full participants in all congregational activities."
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