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Re: why are there no women imams in islam ?
hmmm an issue i wish i had an answer to
hmmm an issue i wish i had an answer to
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Idris,Threads merged. Inshaa'Allah you'll find the answers in this thread.
Re: why are there no women imams in islam ?
I believe it is best to keep away from anti islam sites. That time could be better spent improving one's own deen. YOu can't change their overall view of Islam. And it's not as if they really want to know why women can't lead prayers, but just to redicule islamic law. My opinion is that
nobody should waste their time on these sites. Islam can defend itself. We don't need to tell them why we can or can't do something. Let them do their own research. They also insult our religion there knowing muslims see it and respond. I strongly recommend to keep well away from them. Why even give them the satisfaction!
One of the Anti Islam website I was looking at…how should I answer back?
why are there no women imams in islam ?
USA (March 18, 2005)
NOTE: The incident discussed in this item got a lot of news coverage, but all of the above instances pre-date the congregation in New York described in this section.
In early 2005, it was announced that Amina Wadud, an African American Muslim, and a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, would lead a congregation in Friday salat prayer in New York, sponsored by the Muslim Women's Freedom Tour, [12] under the leadership of Asra Q. Nomani, and by the website "Muslim WakeUp!". The Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America responded by issuing a fatwa reiterating the traditional view: "A unanimous consensus for the entire Ummah (Muslim community) in the east and west [is] that women can not lead the Friday prayer nor can they deliver the [sermon]. Whoever takes part in such a prayer, then his prayer is nullified, whether he was an Imam or a follower." Supporters of the event insisted that, to the contrary, it was a long overdue change; Khaled Abou El-Fadl, professor of Islamic Studies at UCLA, California (apparently unaware of previous cases of women leading mixed congregations), said that "What the fundamentalists are worried about is that there's going to be a ripple effect not just in the U.S. but all over the Muslim world. The women who are learned and frustrated that they cannot be the imam are going to see that someone got the guts to break ranks and do it."
I believe it is best to keep away from anti islam sites. That time could be better spent improving one's own deen. YOu can't change their overall view of Islam. And it's not as if they really want to know why women can't lead prayers, but just to redicule islamic law. My opinion is that
nobody should waste their time on these sites. Islam can defend itself. We don't need to tell them why we can or can't do something. Let them do their own research. They also insult our religion there knowing muslims see it and respond. I strongly recommend to keep well away from them. Why even give them the satisfaction!