Sitting with opposite sex is strictly prohibited ? Imam Yunus

Sitting with opposite sex is strictly
prohibited — Imam Yunus
on january 03, 2014 at 9:20 am in facing the ka'aba ,
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BY ADERONKE ADEYERI
Imam Talihat Yunus is the Chief Imam, Adiam
Memorial Central  Mosque Iporo Ake, Abeokuta. He
speks on sitting arrangement or what some people
called segregation of women in mosque. Excerpts
Sitting with or among the opposite sex is strictly
prohibited. When men and women sits together, it
results to different mishaps happening in our
society like fornication, adultery, sexually
transmitted diseases and even unwanted
pregnancies.
The major reason for this segregation in Islam is
that whatever you are close to, can make you sin.
The only reason that a man and woman can sit
together in Islam is only when the two parties are
related by blood.
The Qur’an went as far as teaching us that in Islam,
men and women should not handshake, hug or
peck the opposite sex that they are not related with.
The sitting arrangement in the mosque is a vivid
example of what is expected of Muslims whereby
where the menfolk will be seated will be different
from where the female will be seating. Nowadays,
most mosques have where the female will have
their ablution separately and it  will be far from
where the male will have theirs and they do not
share the same toilet. In fact, the women do not see
the Imam during prayer but only here his voice
because of the way mosque are built. Even when
we have societal gathering like funerals, weddings
in Islam, it is expected of us as Muslims to seat
separately and segmented.