KERELA: a woman Imam for the first time in the history of India led Friday prayers in the southern state of Kerala.
34-year-old Jamida K, also known as ‘Jamida Teacher’ in her secluded village of Cherukode, Malappuram district, went against centuries of Sharia law but said she “did it knowing well the consequences it is going to have”.
The prayers were led for a mixed group of approximately 50 men and women at the central committee office of the Quran Sunnath Society which Jamida supports.
However, fundamentalists, who believe that she “defiled the religion” have threatened to eliminate Jaminda.
The Quran Sunnath Society was a movement established by Chekannur Moulavi, a radical Muslim scholar, who was believed to be murdered after he mysteriously disappeared in 1993.
Speaking about leading the Friday prayer, Jaminda said it was a male-dominated religious practice which needs to be challenged and she will continue to lead prayer alongside other women.
“We follow the [Holy] Quran. It addresses humankind as men and women and does not discriminate between them. Both men and women have an equal role in religion,” asserted the woman prayer leader.
She has also been receiving extreme backlash on social media.
She deserves a fist.
female has not been an imam ever in Islam. In 2018 it’s okay. Hummm
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I salute this woman and her courage. On the other hand communist government in Kerala has turned the state into ISIS factory. More than 110 men and women have departed for Iraq and Syria in last two years. Most have died fighting for ISIS. The communist run state government is controlled and influenced by Islamic extremists in Kerala and communists pamper to the whims of these terrorists to win Muslim votes. In the process the state and country is becoming stomping ground for ISIS. It is the apathy of majority that is letting these anti nationals run amok. Media which is otherwise vociferous has ignored happenings in Kerala. I won’t be surprised if this woman simply disappears or her throat slit by ISIS affiliated terrorists on the street.
Secular Liberal ideas seeping in to the minds of the Muslims, Islam allows women to lead the prayer in their homes or with a congregation of women. Islam places a high status for women more than men the Messenger of Allah (saw) said “ Paradise is at the feet of the mother.”
Secular Liberal Muslims are trying to change Islam to fit the status-quo and please the West or Secular White Liberals.
But she cannot be an imam and lead the prayers
But you won’t mind the perpetrator of Zainab case to lead prayers. Disgusting.
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