RE: 2 questions

salaam aleykum
1)women do NOT have to pray behind men, even Ayatollah Khomeine has agreed 
on that.
2)The meaning of "imam" is JUST a prayer leader, it can be a child if he 
knows his surahs, Jamal Badawi even claims women can lead prayers for women 
AND men.
And ANYBODY can hace a "khutba" for friday prayers, so I cant understand why 
a woman cabt hold "khutba".



>From: "Arif Ongu" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: Muslim community debate and 
>discussion<[email protected]>
>To: "'Muslim community debate and 
>discussion'"<[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] 2 questions
>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:42:55 +1000
>
>Assalamu Alaykum
>
>I would also be very interested in the answers to these questions so,
>would ask if somebody were to answer them they post their answer to the
>list as well.
>
>Thank you
>
>Wassallam
>
>Arif
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>Sameer Ahmed
>Sent: Saturday, 24 April 2004 9:21 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] 2 questions
>
>Asalaam Alaikum,
>
>I have two questions that I have never received satisfactory answers to,
>and I
>wanted to get a "progressive" Muslims' response to them. Can you please
>respond directly to me at [email protected]
>
>1) Why do women have to pray behind men in Islam? The answer I usually
>get to
>this question is that if a woman prayed in front of a man, the man would
>lose
>concentration. But this response seems very male-centric. Why doesn't a
>woman
>lose concentration when she is praying behind a man? Is Islam saying
>something
>about the inherent sexuality of men and women?
>
>2) Why can't women be Imams or Khateebs in Islam? I guess the first
>question
>might partly answer the second part because if men must pray in front of
>women, then obviously the Imam would have to be a man. But what bothers
>me is
>that if a community has a female Islamic scholar who is much more
>knowledeable
>than the men in her community, she does not have a religiously
>sanctioned
>venue (the Jumah Friday prayer) to convey her knowledge to the Ummah.
>
>I would really appreciate responses with references to the Quran,
>Hadith, and
>other Islamic scholarly work.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Wasalam,
>Sameer
>
>
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