An Explorative Study on The Role of Muslim Women in Islamic Education in Al Noor Islamic School, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

The increased prevalence of Islamic education in the United Kingdom (UK) generates a heightened awareness of the responsibility to educate the populace about Islam. Despite this, the reality that many mosques in the UK prohibit women from entering poses a difficulty. Conversely, specific mosques grant unrestricted access to women to facilitate the dissemination of Islamic education to children. The present study examines the strategies employed by women to surmount the challenges presented by mosque rejection with the goal of establishing a structured mosque school. The researcher focuses on the Al Noor Islamic School (ANIS), a mosque school located in Spital, Aberdeen, with the intention of determining how Muslim women carry out their pedagogical duties in the UK. This qualitative study concluded, through interviews with several Al Noor school teachers, that the ability of women to teach Islamic education at ANIS is due to their possession of a solid education and their ability to organise systematic school administrations and regulations. It can assure the successful establishment of the mosque school in the UK by taking this action. This research is expected to generate greater awareness regarding the importance of Muslim women assuming the role of Islamic education instructors in mosques. Additionally, it will afford these women the opportunity to gain knowledge and practice more effective Islamic observances while in the UK.