QUOTE(salim @ Mar 19 2005, 07:15 PM)

The lead by a woman to a Moslim pray might be controversial.. However, it also bring a very strong point that the Islamic traditions are so felexibla that allow practicing religion on the personal bases.
Islam is no different than any other Ibrahimic faith in not ecouraging women to take a lead in senior clergic position. However what is different with Islam is that there is no strict patriotic clergy structure in Islam, as the case with Catholic faith.. You can keep your Moslim status and practice Islam the way you think it is appropriate as far as you are not violating the main five pillars. There is no clergy in Islam, so any one who might disagree with you would have no difference to your right to do so.
The notion of pray in Islam is to glorify "Salat" the god . There are certain rules of excersizing it, and the group pray is just one form of it. However the lead has no specific regulations.. Any one " Some limited it to men" can lead.. Moslims don't need a clergy to lead the pray.. It is there choice to nominate a lead among them.. Usually they choose the ellederly or the place owner or the most respectfull, socially or religiously .. In mosques, Shiekh is usually the the best candidate.. But pray ceromonies are not limited to Mosques. Moslims can pray any were even while riding a horse, as the prophit did once
There are some traditional aspects here though.. Women were always considered by many moslim scholars "shiekhs" as second class citizens.. That is comming from the the concept of "Kowama" , the gardianship of men on women. Nevertheless Quran is also very clear in not extending such Kowama to the relation to Allah. "No power of any one on others obay to creator"... [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][size=3]Dear belqis ,
in reality this is just another water bubble raise in the way of Islamic sailing ship it doesn’t matter how many poisonous air was pumped into it by those who manufactured and incited it . This is just another bed’a that will soon or later vanish. Its known in Islam that women cant lead the prayer in front of men, this is not a racism against her. Only shallow –minded people would think so. Allah has granted every body with what he or she’s suitable with .Islam means peace and submissions to Allah .what is good is what Allah says it is good and what is bad or evil is what Allah says it is bad or evil. If we are to follow peoples or even schools about their various and contradicting make –ups for their criteria of good and bad we shall go no where. Prophet Mohamed (Alaii assalaam) said the best rows for men (in prayers) are the front ones , and the best rows for women are the last ones ,so it Allah who decides because we are talking about his religion here , we are not talking about some make-ups !!
But as happens all the time , those who wants to attack Islam don’t have the braveness to attack it directly ,but they always choose to strike from within ; and behind doors
Now we are hearing voices from those who incited this beda that they are defending Islam and women rights in Islam ! They even pretend to refer to the first Islamic society established in Madina by the Prophet Muhammad! this is of course, a big lie .One because they lie about their intention as to establish a pure madenian Islamic society have they been so concerned about Islam they would have rather obey the teaching of the Prophet Mohammed for Allah said in the holy Quran:” You have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern for any whose hope is in God and the Final Day “” Have they been so concerned about following the madenian pattern they should obey Allah saying In the holly Quran that says: ‘”It is not fitting for a Believer ,man or woman, when a matter has been decided by God and His Apostle to have any option about their decision , If any one disobeys God and His Apostle, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path ‘”S.xxxiii36
Second, because the woman were not leading prayers during the time of the Prophet nor during His companions reign.
I am 100% sure that this campaign is incited by some enemies of Islam . There was an interview in aljazeera with this women Dr amina wadud , in which she said that she was ordered to do such step !! Ordered by whom it is a question that was not revealed in that program but from some terminology I heard in that interview I think these people have something to do with a deviated sect called ahmadians or kadianis . Those people don’t believe that Mohamed (P.B.U.H )was the last prophet , they believe that their British poppet ahmed quadian was a messenger ! And he came with a sharia that revived our true sharia!. they are the ones who claimed that al jihad means defending Islam and its nation by pins instead of swords !so when you are a subject of a military aggression it is not permissible – according to this new religion to defend yourself or your nation , you may write a protesting paper instead!!! That is al jihad. The whole idea of kadianism was the invention of the ex-British empire in its efforts to curve and deviate the profound belief of al jihad among Muslims in the Indian peninsula. Supported by some anti –Islamic powers either in America or in Europe, this community is very active nowadays , Muslims should be very careful .
Some of her friends and helpers said that this is part of a revolt against the segregation against women among Muslims especially in Masjids.
Why shall women enter or go out of mosques from the behind gates and door !!
This is what we call: the right meant to obtain the falsehood (meaning using a right argument for the purpose of proving a false one !!
It is true that a lot of Muslims are still confused by what is Islamic what is traditional ! It’s also true that in the time of prophet Mohammed and his companions women used to enter masjids from the same gate and there was no barrier between men and women, also women used to wear no veils in Masjets . there is a correct (strong) hadith which says: that prophet (P.B.U.H)was delivering a speech during which he spoke directly to women and said:ا let you women give charity for I’ve seen you as the majority of people of the fire .a women (hadith continues) with reddish checks stood up and said to the prophet (P.B.U.H) why are we going to be the majority in the badWord fire ?! the prophet said : because majority of you are ungrateful to your husbands , if one of them would work very hard to please you in his whole time and have a small problem with you will say easily : I haven’t seen any good thing from you in my entire life . the argument behind this hadith is that there was no veils no barrier between men and women during the time of the Prophet or His companions ..But the aim of these people have nothing to do with this openness ,they are part of this failed campaign against Islam, They are no more than just little agents of that satanic campaign to eradicate both men and women from their righteous nature aiming to bring a freak called gendre .! Not man not woman not even something in between.
May Allah protect us from these satans.
Ahmed Rouas أحمد الرواس