Hyderabad, May 6 -- As controversy persists over the offering of namaz by women in mosques, a few masjids in Hyderabad are getting ready to throw open their doors to female worshippers. The Masjid-e-Azizia in Mehdipatnam is taking the lead in this direction. Another masjid at Kakatiyanagar near Salar Jung Colony is also thinking along similar lines.

This follows an affidavit given by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in the Supreme Court that Islam doesn't bar the fair sex from offering congregational prayers in mosques. More than this the idea is to let young Muslim girls know their religion thoroughly so that they don't fall prey to attempts by vested interests to convert themto other faiths.

The Masjid-e-Azizia, which ...