A Muslim woman who led Friday prayers in a mosque for the first time defying the age-old customs is now facing the heat. Around 80 people, including women, gathered to attend the prayers, led by the woman ‘Imam’, the Society sources said. “It’s written nowhere in Islam that women will be barred from leading prayers. We have to wean the religion from the hands of a patriarchal band of Imams and preachers,” she said. Jamida, a staunch critic of triple talaaq, says she is a huge fan of US-based scholar Amina Wadud who is the first Muslim woman to lead Friday prayers.

Source: Hindustan Times January 27, 2018 16:46 UTC