By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS
JEDDAH: Many workingwomen do not perform regular daily prayers at their workplaces because of their unwillingness to remove makeup to do ablution.
A number of women interviewed by Arab News said it was important to keep their good looks and makeup during their hours in office. They also argued that the lack of special rooms for them to remove and redo their makeup was another obstacle preventing them from performing prayers on time.
The education sector, where the majority of Saudi workingwomen are employed, has its own arrangements for female staff to perform prayers. All girls’ schools have prayer halls, and female teachers and students are obliged to pray.
Muneera Gilajo, a girls’ school principal, said congregational prayer was done on time in her school. She said women teachers are role models for the students, so she aks them to offer prayers on time.
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