The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques to offer prayers and asked the Centre to respond to it.
The bench then asked the counsel about a matter before the Bombay High Court regarding the entry of women in the Haji Ali Dargah. The counsel replied that women were allowed to enter the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.
He said in a similar matter related to the entry of women in mosques, the Kerala High Court had dismissed a plea, saying, "let a Muslim person come forward" on this issue.
The plea also said that there was nothing in the holy Quran or the Hadith that required "gender segregation" and there were no records stating that the holy "Quran and Prophet Muhammad had opposed women entering mosques and offering prayers".