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I am doing research and found this blog posting... I think you will like it.
I do have some more catching up to do on "dispatches"... but am juggling priorities.
http://muslimreverie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/its-time-to-end-gender-segregation-in-mosques/

It’s Time to End Gender Segregation in Mosques « Muslim Reverie I already know what many of you are thinking. “This is haram/biddah/un-Islamic,” or “you’re trying to westernize Islam!” or perhaps my favorite, “This an example of people following their own desires over what God wants or commands.” Some go as far to call Muslim feminism an “oxymoron,” or “extrem...

Here is a good read (referred by Ify Okoye - jazakallah!)...

http://muslimmatters.org/2010/10/16/they-dont-have-prayer-the-media-and-eid-for-muslim-women-in-south-africa/

They Don’t Have Prayer: The Media and Eid For Muslim Women in South Africa | MuslimMatters.org An abridged version of this article was published at Muslimah Media Watch By Safiyyah Surtee Several weeks after Eid al Fitr and before Eid al Adha, it’s ...