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Women Imams
Hello
I just wanted to bring up the controversy that was sparked about two months back when a professor of Islamic studies on the east coast led the Friday prayers. The professor quoted passages from the Quran to support her view that women were intended to be equal to men and that nothing in the Quran denies women leadership positions in the faith.
However, the prayer did result in much heated discussions between progressive and conservative Muslims. On the one hand, Wahabis from Saudi Arabia, issued a fatwa against the prayer and those who attended the service. On the other hand, Prof Fadl, prof of law at UCLA, said the Quran itself doesn't address the issue of who leads prayers- all we know is that the Prophet said the most learned should lead.
Honestly, I am not sure which stance to support. Of course, I agree that Muslim women should definitely take a greater role in leadership positions. But having been brought in Saudi myself I do tend to hold realtively conservative views too. I believe that prayers should be focused on supplicating to Allah full stop, and any controversy or distractions of having a woman imam dilutes this focus, especially in the US where publicity takes precedence over the main goal.
Any thoughts?
Salaam,
Shurovi
I just wanted to bring up the controversy that was sparked about two months back when a professor of Islamic studies on the east coast led the Friday prayers. The professor quoted passages from the Quran to support her view that women were intended to be equal to men and that nothing in the Quran denies women leadership positions in the faith.
However, the prayer did result in much heated discussions between progressive and conservative Muslims. On the one hand, Wahabis from Saudi Arabia, issued a fatwa against the prayer and those who attended the service. On the other hand, Prof Fadl, prof of law at UCLA, said the Quran itself doesn't address the issue of who leads prayers- all we know is that the Prophet said the most learned should lead.
Honestly, I am not sure which stance to support. Of course, I agree that Muslim women should definitely take a greater role in leadership positions. But having been brought in Saudi myself I do tend to hold realtively conservative views too. I believe that prayers should be focused on supplicating to Allah full stop, and any controversy or distractions of having a woman imam dilutes this focus, especially in the US where publicity takes precedence over the main goal.
Any thoughts?
Salaam,
Shurovi
Comments on this journal
Thank you for your input! It is always interesting to see how people raised in Saudi have such similar views. And nice to see that those who have moved to the US have still kept to their original beliefs- even though they have been dubbed "conservative" which bascially means "you don't agree with our ideals and so must be close-minded".