Source 9.6: Men and Women

Differences in Islamic practice occurred not only among various regions or cultural settings but also between men and women, even in a single mosque, as illustrated in this sixteenth-century Persian painting. The setting involves the visit of a prominent teacher to a mosque, an event that drew a large and varied congregation. The guest teacher, on the left, sits at the top of a raised platform or pulpit. The rest of the congregation is distributed at various distances from him according to age and gender.

Questions to consider as you examine the source:

Men and Women at Worship

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Men and Women at WorshipBodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, UK/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY