When we had to endure our first Ramadan in lockdown because of Covid, many Muslims shared their longing for the communal observance of the holy month. Muslim men in particular were heartbroken at not being able to visit the mosque for congregational prayer, iftar, or tarawih and other late-night worship. The women, meanwhile, thought ‘welcome to our world’. As places of worship, many mosques have had a less than welcoming attitude to women. Now, as we get to experience a Ramadan out of lockdown, we return not to communal observance in any inclusive sense but to a status quo that continues to l…