Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Masjid Should be Open to All

			message should not be established
just for name and fame. I've built
		

			a masjid, but they should be
established to cater for the needs
		

			of the people. And people should
not be duly restrictive as to who
		

			can come and who can or who can
study who can study. And so on.
		

			Having a membership of a masjid of
a certain group, that's completely
		

			fine, because that's just like the
walk in. There's nothing wrong
		

			with that. As long as it's open to
all and the facilities are open to
		

			all that's what's important,
because we've had in history, I
		

			mean, one person has a machine, he
runs it himself, that's completely
		

			fine. There's nothing wrong with
that. A lot of people have this
		

			issue that Oh, only Bengalis have
this. You know, they run this
		

			Masjid. As long as they run it or
good realities, or Arabs or
		

			Egyptians or Somalis, that's
completely fine as long as it's
		

			open to all and it's made
accommodating because anybody can
		

			look after a masjid. People don't
have to be on the board to look
		

			after a masjid as long as things
are going right. Right. Being on a
		

			board is not like some kind of
objective. Right? That's that's
		

			not the point. The point is to
make sure things run smoothly so
		

			people can still volunteer in
those things.