I think there is a need to restructure the entire institute of Friday khutbas in general, IMHO. In the US, the best khutbas I heard always related the sayings of the Prophet and Quranic scripture back to real world circumstances. In fact, the whole idea of the khutba should be to begin with a relevant issue and build a sermon around it. I find in Egypt, sadly, the khutbas are more akin to haliqas most of the time. 

Suffice it to say, I’m absolutely in favor of explicitly and frequently addressing this scourge on our society – particularly in the masjid. If nothing else, continuous mention of a Muslim man’s duty to respect women may sink in over time through osmosis. That was for all my science writer friends

Very interesting and informative. I believe that, unlike what many people say, religion SHOULD play a role in countering sexual harassment.

A lot of people say keep religion out of it because then the religious people will tell you that a girl dressed in a certain way deserves what she gets. However, this is not about religion in anyway. There’s nothing in Islam that says a girl/woman dressed in a certain way is “inviting” people or deserves it.

The truth is, the imams need to speak out about sexual harassment properly by not pointing the finger at the woman (which is what 99.9% of imams I have seen do) and instead tackling the real person at fault – the harasser.