Motif
Gender separation in worship
gender_separation_in_worship
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5335-5393 confidence: high
Women are said to perform devotions at home or attend mosques only when men are not present, because their presence is viewed as affecting the kind of devotion appropriate to worship of God.
The passage describes women worshiping apart from men and notes men and women praying apart among Jews, with eastern Christian imitation.
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