The Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai is facing pressure to overturn a ban on women, a move that could set a precedent on gender restrictions to places of worship in the deeply religious country. Photos: AFP
A landmark mosque in Mumbai is facing pressure to overturn a ban on women entering its inner sanctum, a move that could set a precedent on gender restrictions to places of worship in the deeply religious country.
A Muslim women’s rights group is locked in a bitter legal battle with trustees of Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah, built in the 15th century and popular not only with Muslims but Hindu devotees and sight-seeing tourists.
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