SOC 885 Lecture Notes - Zarqa Nawaz
19 Apr 2012
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In me and the mosque, zarqa nawaz visits mosques throughout canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends and neighbours about equal access for women (specifically covering the concept of mixed prayer). She discussed her research of the historical role of women in the. Nawaz wanted to illustrate her perspective of the current state of mosques in. Canada by using personal stories of anger, fear, acceptance and defiance. We believe that her main message in this film is that men and women should deconstruct gender roles that have developed in religious institution. By deconstructing gender roles women and men will be able to understand equality between the sexes. She feels the mosque is the heart and soul of the community and therefore muslim women must be an active participant in the functioning of the mosque. Zarqa especially focused a lot on activists or feminists also fighting for the removal of the barrier as well as praying behind men.
