In the Islamic tradition, modesty is highly valued and the women are required to cover up always, especially while praying. It is a sign of respect and humility before God.

Four women live there now. It also is used for prayer by homeless Muslims, who can go into the gray-and-blue tiled foyer when they cannot go to a mosque.

Then several young Muslim women privately confided in Tricia Pethic, 22, the only woman on the mosque board of directors. They found it difficult to fully engage in prayer guided only by a ...

Some women who protested at the Islamic Center of Washington, wanting to be able to worship in the main prayer hall with their male counterparts, were asked to leave by the police.

Women and girls as they watch from the loft of the Islamic Center of South Jersey as speakers address men attending a town hall meeting at the mosque on May, 18, 2007, in Palmyra, N.J. (AP Photo) ...