Masjid al-Rabia

Masjid al-Rabia is an LGBT-affirming and woman-centered mosque in Chicago.

The organizers are Mahdia Lynn and Zaynab Shahar.

The mosque offered its first Friday prayer the first week of December 2017.

Masjid al-Rabia has mixed-gender prayers and encourages women to lead them. The mosque seeks to provide all Muslims with a place to pray.

A representative of the Prayer Center, a Muslim organization in nearby Orland Park, Illinois, said the activities of Masjid al-Rabia are contrary to Muslim faith.