Female Imams in Morocco

The Moroccan government has found a new weapon in the war against extremism – female priests. It’s hoped that women will spread a more balanced and tolerant version of Islam.
Thousands of mosques in Morocco are led by badly educated Imams. The State considers these mosques breeding ground for terrorism and is closing them down. “They are extremist groupings in Mosques”, states student Abd Salam. The King himself is behind many of the new reforms. Two years ago, he caused a minor scandal when he allowed a woman to read out the traditional Ramadan sermon for the first time. Now he wants women to play a leading role in modernising Islam and is allowing them to become Imams. Demands for a new, feminist interpretation of the Koran are coming from all sides. “We want a revolution – but rather a soft revolution from within”, states writer Asma Lamrabet. “We still have a long way to go. But we’ll try.”
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[Larache4eva]

I thought its not legal in Islam that a woman leads a mosque n be Imam!!!

Could be there any exceptions, that let a woman Imam!! i wonder, i have first seen a woman imam in news tha was in the States maybe a new york mosque, but then all the muslim scholars ahve condemened this, and its also been supported by the US gov! too bad i couldn't play the Video, its not supported

[-thetruth_]

There is one exception. if people are at war and there is no men to do the Job. we have discussed the issue last year On Algeria.com and gave all facts from Quran and sunnah

[Lotfi-dz]

female imam is haram, a women can't even lead on a prayer so how can she be an imam???

[-thetruth_]

she can and that is for women alone like in China they have women Imams for many years all under the sharia law. what the post is about is to introduce an inovation and any new innovation is from shaytan and Shytan leads to hell.

[Lotfi-dz]

TT I think you will only put your level down and discuss this topic, its been going on for years and I remember hearing most imam’s views about this when a women in American lead a group of people to pray jumaa

[-thetruth_]

Sorry if my post sounded a bit silly. in 1427 years of History of islam. there has never been any such thing. hence it is new and anything new is an innovation and any new innovation leads to hell.
I don't care what the king or anyone think. Haram is haram full stop.