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There is a difference of opinion among Muslims regarding the circumstances in which women may act as imams, i.e. to lead a mixed gendered congregation in salat (prayer). The orthodox position is that women cannot lead men in prayer (although they can lead women), which is justified by various Quranic verses and Hadith about the roles and responsibilities of men and women [citation needed].
An adherent of Sunni Islam and Sufism, she became the first female imam in France in 2019, when she founded the unisex Fatima Mosque. She advocates liberalization and modernist reforms in Islam, including equal rights for women in Islam, the creation of a distinct French Muslim identity, and an individualist approach to religion and spirituality.
She says the Qur'an is the "Magna Carta of human rights", prescribing human rights and equality for all, while the inequality of women in many Muslim societies today is due to cultural effects. Hassan claims the Qur'an upholds rights to life, respect, justice, freedom, knowledge, sustenance, work, and privacy, among others.
Some Muslim groups consider the prospect of a female imam leading men in prayer within a mosque as heretical. As a rule, orthodox Jewish groups do not accept women rabbis, but there are rare ...
Jenny Carson explained to her daughter that an imam in the Islamic faith was analogous to a pastor. They are members of the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ.
Property rights enabled some Muslim women to possess substantial assets and fund charitable endowments. In mid-sixteenth century Istanbul, 36.8% of charitable endowments (awqāf) were founded by women. [207] In eighteenth century Cairo, 126 out of 496 charitable foundations (25.4%) were endowed by women. [208]
Sunrise, Florida, December 19, 2023 - Imam Abdullah Jaber, Executive Director of CAIR Florida, speaks to members of the press and guest during a press conference held at the Islamic Foundation of ...
It is the only liberal mosque in Germany, that is, one where men and women pray together, and women can take the role of imam leading a prayer. [7] The Turkish religious authority and the Egyptian Fatwa Council at the Al-Azhar University have condemned her project, and she has received death threats.