India Muslim woman receives death threats after leading prayers in Kerala Jamida Beevi thought to be first woman to lead Friday prayers in India for a mixed congregation Jamida Beevi at her rented home home in Kozhikode. Photograph: TA Ameerudheen/Scroll.inA Muslim woman in the southern Indian state of Kerala has received death threats after leading prayers for a mixed congregation in an act of defiance against established Islamic practice. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jamida Beevi leading the Friday prayers on Friday Photograph: TA Ameerudheen/Scroll.inBeevi said she believed the Qur’an contains no injunction that says only men can lead prayers. “By tradition, men lead the prayers because women are busy in the household and have their limitations,” said Rahman. The BMMA has also been training Muslim women to become a kazi or Islamic judge, who adjudicates in marriage, polygamy, divorce and custody disputes.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2018 12:26 UTC