Why do women in their periods are not allowed to enter religious places like temles?????????????
The world’s largest religions ~ Christianity, Islam and Hinduism all have long traditions of regarding women as ‘unclean’ or ‘impure’ during certain times in the menstrual cycle, after giving birth and on some other occasions. Many smaller religions, including Judaism and the numerically significant animistic and traditional religions of the African continent, have similar traditions. It is difficult at this point to say with any certainty just how these traditions began, but certainly, in most religious traditions there are a number of things considered ‘unclean’ or ‘impure’. People who were suffering from an illness of some kind were unwelcome in many ancient temples, as were people who had committed some kind of religious crime (‘sin’). Certain types of work is considered ‘unclean’ in some religions and amost all religious traditions have taboos on certain foods. In some cases, ALL bodily fluids are considered impure, as are certain behaviours, which can lead to the person being ref
