Local Muslims Unhappy Over Woman Leading Friday Prayers
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Local Muslims were shocked to hear the news on Monday that a woman led a mixed-gender Friday prayer service in New York last week.

Muslims said that it went against mainstream belief that a woman must not lead a prayer service that included male worshippers.

Hj Mohd Zaide bin Hj Damit, the secretary of Kg Sg Hanching Mosque's Takmir Committee, said that based on the teachings of Imam Syafie (Syafiiyah School which is followed by Muslims in the country), women are not allowed to lead mixed-gender services. "Unless, of course, the service was attended solely by women," he said.

Last week, Wadud, a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, led the Islamic Friday prayer service before a congregation of around 100 men and women at an Anglican church in New York. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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