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Mosques don't keep track of members. You can go into any Mosque and hang out if you wish.
by mozumder 10y ago
Mosques don't keep track of members. You can go into any Mosque and hang out if you wish.
- mikestew 10y agoHaving never once stepped foot in a mosque, I find that a little difficult to believe unless there is a canonical religious text or other religious law that forbids it. Every Christian church I know of keeps track of members, if only for tracking donations so that a receipt can be issued at year-end. Sure, as with a mosque, one can just show up and anonymously participate, but much more participation than that and your name is going into a roll (list of members) of some sort, if for no other reason than, well, organizations like to put a name on the folks that show up regularly.
- exhilaration 10y agoWhat you said is true but active attendees like to formally join the mosque as members so they can vote for and participate on the board or other executive positions. Most mosques are incorporated as non-profit organizations and have the same governing structures and types of membership you would expect from typical NPO's.
- 1ris 10y agoWhile I believe that's true for non regular visitors I bet my ass most manage a donors and members list in google spreadsheets.