Progressive-Friendly Mosques
06 March 2010
MPV is building a list online of progressive-friendly prayer spaces in the US and Canada and we need your help! If you know of a mosque, community center, or other progressive prayer space, please contact MPV to let us know about it. We'll add your review to the list below.
Houston, TX, USA
Mercy Community Center
5922 Hillcroft Street, Suite C
Contact: http://www.mercycc.org/
This mosque's "overall philosophy regarding respect, dignity, and creating an environment where people feel Allah's mercy and comfort when coming to the masjid is remarkable." - Aneela
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Muslim Students Association - UCLA
Pyramid Room - John Wooden Center (Campus Gym)
Contact: http://www.msabruins.com/
"The Muslim Students Association at UCLA [meets] for Juma prayers, and doesn't use a partition... I've never heard any homophobic rhetoric there." - Katrina T.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Muslims for Progressive Values - LA
West Hollywood - Exact location available upon request from organizers
Contact: Ani Zonneveld,
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The azan, prayer and khutbah may be led by a man or a woman, and the congregants pray and are seated together. Individual men and women can choose to stand/sit to one side or the other if they prefer. All who come with an open mind and loving heart are welcome -- including non-Muslim friends, significant others, etc.
Saginaw, MI, USA
Islamic Center of Saginaw
114 North 4th Ave
Contact: (989) 752-3531
This "awesome" mosque is "pretty gender-egalitarian, no partitions between men and women... A new masjid is being built to accomodate the growing community." - Zainab A.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Downtown el-Tawhid Juma Circle
Location available upon request from organizers
Contact:
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Friday "congregational prayer that is gender-equal, queer-friendly, and religiously non-discriminatory... Everyone is welcome to take at turn giving the call to prayer, giving the sermon, and leading the ritual Friday prayer." First call to prayer is at 1:20p; second call followed by the sermon is 1:30p; congregational prayer is at 1:50p.
