Kerala: A court here asked the authorities of a mosque at nearby Vandoor to allow women to offer namaz at the masjid.
The order was issued by Munsiff S Ramesan of the court at Manjery on a petition filed two women Ameena and Khadija against the denial of permission for women to offer namaz at Masjid Noor at Vandoor.
Women were allowed to offer namaz at the mosque till 1997.
The mosque was then closed for renovation for some time and when it was re-opened in 2000, women were barred from offering the Namaz, apparently under pressure from conservative sections.