"Why are there no female imams?" Muslim reacts to BBC's controversial interview with Zara Mohammed 

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That's normal for UK media across all platforms, if you're not prepared then that's your fault for going on them.

@@hopsie9983 I'm sorry for my irresponsible observation

@@mokhosh it's part of UK culture in general to ask critical questions, to probe and investigate, to even ask controversial questions to get a interesting conversation or debate going. Growing up in the UK we accept this as the norm, RU-vid viewers from abroad seem to get triggered by this, perhaps it's not normal in your media culture to be passive aggressive.

@@hopsie9983 then it happens to be the same to the people who missunderstanding islam, and use as a weapon against islam

Ok then what’s the difference

@@sorguvasfen2426 equity is getting something based on how much you have, but equality is getting the same as someone else. Pretend a baby, a 40 year old man, and 80 year old woman get the same type of medicine, that’s equality, but if they get different medicine based on how old they are, that’s equity because it decides how much you need based on YOU and not anyone else.

@@hellothere9833 masyaallah beautiful answer

@@RandomRU-vidUser69 The core tenant of Islam is anti-woman. Mohammad formulated his thoughts from his primitive 7th century culture in Mecca. Ya, and he could it divine teachings🤯. Weirdly, it gave him all kinds of privileges and exceptions. He was a con man.

@@HusseinDoha well don’t, you know sooo much about islamic religion

Yes, perhaps... But was that the question? No.

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Equality in western countries often means assimilation for minorities.

thank you may Allah reward you amine

Exactly

Should I say that there's a difference between justice and equality..?

Good for you, Maşallah

What an answer, Mashaallah!

MashaAllah

Great answer mashallah

@Rajesh VengadesanThis is inappropriate and is not true.

That would also probably cause a controversy. She might have wanted to maintain a peaceful image and gain the favour of the public, since she’s in front of a huge audience who’s majority might not agree with Islam. I think it was best to dodge the question. And whoever is truly interested in its answer, can definitely receive one from a scholar who feels more freedom in expressing his/her opinion, instead of someone who’s being purposefully cornered and pressured live on air.

I guess I must agree that Zara handled the interview well by dodging the unimportant questions that not have any meaning in what she do as a leader of MCB

I think Zara knows where this kind of question is leading to.

I totally agree. Short answer would have been a Yes or a No. That would have ended the same question being asked over and over again. What the interviewer gains by whatever answer was given, I don't know.

Bang on the nail...

It's such a shameful mindset . If a woman is able to do a man's job, only then she is worthy of praise . Godforbid a woman celeberates being a Woman .

Love that phrase

@@maryyasaeed3190 beautiful mindset!

@@maryyasaeed3190 why should people always debate for something that already written in Quran?. The answer is obvious

This! 😎

soo true if they continue with this logic, it will end up with asking and revolting by saying "why only women gave birth and why men not, it is unfair bla bla bla...." 😂

Brother MashaAllah its a good answer

You got nice point for this....

Zakir Naik be like: "Sister asked a very good question."

@Ma Khi Prayer have a set of rules one of it being that the leader of jamaa prayer should be a man but a woman can lead other women in prayer

It's a trap question. Why? So She want to portray Islam is bad to woman.

Spot On!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

bolobolo bolo sir..nobody is encouraged to have more than one spouse, it’s an option when a man meets all of the qualifications to provide for the wives equally and each wife agrees. if you don’t agree with this then that’s fine, but stop trying to use that as an argument against islam when you aren’t well informed on this topic

bolobolo bolo but you literally said “islam encourages men..”? no it’s not a problem that women cant have more than one spouse because these aren’t love marriages, and in fact any man that has more than one spouse due to “love” or lust is sinning. the role of men in islam is to provide for the family, a man might take in another woman to provide for her and her children if she has any. but this is if and only if he has enough money to provide for the entire family, and meets many other qualifications. a woman doesn’t marry more than one spouse because we’re not obligated to provide for men or their children. polygamy is forbidden when the reason is romantic “love” or lust. also women can lead other women and children in prayer but if it’s a mix of adult men and women then men lead, i’m not gonna make an excuse for that

bolobolo bolo you read my comment wrong, both men and women are forbidden to marry more than one person at a time due to romantic love or lust. no that is not always the case, but i’m just saying the role of men in islam. if the man is present then he is obligated to provide for the family. i’m saying that is the only reason islam allows polygamy, but i’m not naive enough to think that some men won’t take advantage of this for their own benefit. again, i’m just talking about islam no i never said that men are more capable of love..?

Why are women so obsessed with everything woman, woman rights, woman woman wahhhhmmmmuuunnn... Like seriously, when we talk about Islam we shift our focus to Allah SWT and His Prophet pbuh, we shift our focus to justice and fairness. We focus on the fact that Islam is the Truth from Allah SWT.

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amazing answer!

Thank you for providing logical answer for this matter. Now, I know what to say when being asked.

@@hanzalaomar3234 woman are not obsessed they have forced them to be obsessed through propaganda

Oh she knew what exactly shes doing.

@@AlphaRed01 yep, she do know, and thats make its worst.

What is so sad here, is not that most know why she is asking... it is the fact they lie about the truth, or at least... avoid the correct answer as if the creators word Is shamfull...? The answer is clear... weather she knew it, or not... she was asking for those who may not... which is the whole point of any Interview... if only believer's here spent less time in damage control as to actually speaking the truth regarding the word of Islam.. it would be more interest..

@@matrix5062 I think they avoid answering it is because they know it gonna spark more controversies. It gonna be used by medias to spread bad rep for muslims. The creator word is never shameful, but people who don't understand it would jump to conclusion leading to more deflamation.

@@armandomukti the interviewer seem to come with only one question prepared, just for the sake of controversy. These are the same people who undercover with false mouth voice women independence/rights in Islam whereas if a woman chooses to cover herself, then they berate her as old fashioned or slave or go ahead in parliaments to ask for a ban on viel for women.

Very poor Strawman reasoning, it was clear what the thread of the question was... The answer was... No... If I am not incorrect, as that is not possable in Islam....

This happens when an ignorant goose who knows nothing about Islam attempts to appear smart.

It's the same for Church of Christ and I've never heard a christian asked this questions

@@inertboi What? The answer was "No.... There are no woman imams in islam", end of...But that was far to difficult to grasp for 'islamic Goose's' perhaps ..! I would suggest, 99.99% of 'none Islamic' peaple would have understood the correct context of the question perfectly... "Are there women taking the lead with men present as Imams"... Simple really!

@@matrix5062 I wasn't replying to you, relax. What I wrote was my comment on the interviewer in this video.

Of course, me too :) its perfectly normal, I mean its not what by being an Imam. Oh I'm a boy btw

Is that the point of the debate? Does that make this teacher... an Imam who leads prayer for both sex's...

@@matrix5062 Sadly, your itellect regarding this topic is quite sparse. This what the Bible says: "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." "I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent." "But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet." TIMOTHY CHAPTER 2 VERSE 12. Unless you are an atheist or any other religion besides Christianity, you shouldn't be speaking right now. Not 1 prophet of GOD in the Bible was a man. Atleast in Islamic tradition, women are allowed to teach all children, regardless of gender, on how to read the Holy Quran. So, the next time you want to try and act like a genius, do some research, get your facts straight, and then, perhaps then, you should try again...

@@ZoofSkillzFishing Firstly, let's not stand on a peddistol and judge geniuses... if we can't spell... I am no genius either... we are all learning are we not? You are not even a spec of dust to tell me what I can, or cannot say... or what I know, or do not by guessing at it... just ask, about what you may have misunderstood for clarification... it's not hard my friend! Yes, I believe in scripture, and understand perfectly the gender debait as outlined by it. But perhaps, again you misunderstood the question asked by the interviewer... which was not aimed at children was it... is it you who is playing mind games to appear clever more than me? It was about "leading men" as a female Imam... but you knew that... didn't you.

@@matrix5062 sorry I didn't catch the question, what was it?

well said..bro..

I don't agree with this mindset. It's never "God says do this therefore we do it", it is advised that you should always search for why and how before practicing anything.

@@shell9403 what if you didn't see the wisdom in something Allah said that you should do ? You will no do it !?

@@AbdoAbdo-bc2xu I'm sure there's a reason behind everything God tells us to do, I'd be happy to do it whenever I figure it out. Plus we're human, we can't always be perfect with our practices

@@shell9403 I agree but if God tells us to do something or follow something, we do it. Or else what are we doing? We end up disobeying God by not following what we are told

That's not a journalist but activist disguise as journalist. True journalist has SoP to follow

@Abdulkarim E. Indeed. She was very dishonest and the journalist saw through her.

@Abdulkarim E. Exactly

@@elyrexo she didn't evade the answer since she clearly answered she didn't know the exact number and at 0:50, the interviewer said "That's fine if you don't know", but I don't understand why she kept asking the same question over and over again

😂 What a comment 👏

@@shareef_3659 they not wrong tho

This is so true

Zero comparison. Anatomy and faith aren't comparable. Why aren't there woman Imams? Do they exist? What if a woman doesn't feel comfortable with a man in certain conversations? Does this lead to bias in relationship counseling? I really want to know. I am curious of the faith now.

@@lynyngragfunkyfoot3765 Imam is not equivalent to pastor or rabbi. There many female scholars who women go to for issues. Imam doesnt mean scholar, the word for that is Shiekh or Alim.

Why would peaple ask questions... if they already know the answer to it?

@Nefomemes perhaps you should apply for Zaras job as she does not know...

@@matrix5062 She knew. She's just replying her in a 'safe' answer.

@@zaiemibrahim3025 We "All" know that... Even the deniers on here know that, yet they have skirted, skimmed 'ducked in dived' to the point of ridiculousness... But, that's Islam. The crazy thing is... I am not against them, I agree the scriptures are clear on the roles played by Men and Women... And they still argue the toss...must be the culture ! Lol.

If a man can be imam among both men & women,a women should also be allowed to do so.

exactly bro we are muslims we dont bend and twist our religion just for ppl to appreciate or or be ok with we are in this dunya to please allah not non muslims onece the almighty says no more questions its what we believe

Beautiful

@@mohamedfaysalmak9582 yes, we know this as believers. But she is speaking to a non- muslim majority audience. If you want to draw ppl towards islam, you cannot take a defensive attitude; your voice will be drowned out and the perpetuation of misconceptions will persist. We don't have to apologize for our beliefs, but we also shouldn't say "don't question my beliefs" ppl should ask questions- but this was neither the time or place.

@@mohamedfaysalmak9582 Frfr I think the non-muslims should take a look at what the Christians did before looking at the Muslims.

@@corielake828 The presenter wasn't showing any respect to our Zara Mohammed, I feel that if she were to be rude it'd be completely reasonable. Journalism should educate themselves about Islam before presuming roles as a female equivalent.

They leaded 400 woman in prayer I guess?

Which muslim country have you seen female imams?? A Musimah cannot lead men in prayer. And even if it was allowed I wouldn't definitely opt for my daughter to stick her bottom up into the faces of men standing behind her while bowing down and prostrating. It goes against modesty and maybe one reason why its not allowed in Islam.

@@mtaqi7240 lol but it's okay for men to stick their bottom into the faces of women? thought modesty was meant for both men and women

@@toobad9295 Please keep in mind that modesty implies differently for both men and women in Islam. For example: Women are required to cover their entire body while men to only cover from navel to knees. Modesty of eyes is though the same. Also men tend to fall into lust and get sexually aroused lot more easily than women and we do observe that in our daily lives. And you didn't get my point: I did not say if it's okay or not for those behind the Imam..I said 'I' would not want me or my daughter to be in a situation where I have to do such bodily maneuvers standing in front of a multitude of strange men. And I think most muslim women feel the same way.

@@mtaqi7240 no, men's awrah is from their navel to their knees which means their behind should be just as covered and unseen as with women women get aroused too but women are always taught to control it and hide it whereas with men the blame is always put on women and how can you even think of people's behind when you're praying? men are supposed to lower their gaze yet again men's responsibility is put on the women

@Nick Bointon oh.. Like you do? 😂 It's easy to disconnect from belief system and live life of a nihilist, it's difficult to stand by your belief system and give answers to people you're not obligated to. Ignorance is not bliss. And by the way, giving this defensive hypothesis a good look, there has to be some group of people attacking for others to be defensive. Live and let live.

@Nick Bointon must have been hard for you to pull out stats from Google. How about you also give a search on Muslim women in science and give your biased mind some fresh air. The same Google also credits a muslim women behind world's first university. And yes! ALLAH SWT has been provided me with atleast enough wisdom. I'll pray that you might as well be provided a rational mind and some patience. God bless you.

Thiiis I'm searching for thiiss My mom, me, and my younger sister take turns to become imam when my dad wasn't at home. And when Travelling, I and my friends also take turn to become imam. That makes every woman can become an imam towards other women

@@SharmaJi-fo8ke Technically anyone can be imam. It's not something that officially appointed.

@@SharmaJi-fo8ke How many muslim women out there?

@@SharmaJi-fo8ke Answer the question.

@@SharmaJi-fo8ke Technically, every women that leads a prayer are imam. :) So do your math?

Wow this was so Eye opening..only if they had the IQ to understand it . 😑

for real thoo

Whoa dude🤣🤣🤣🤣this is just awesome

Dayum

The journalist asked a very relevant question. Be honest!

Not true. You go to the mosque it is a male imam. This is normal. Women should not raise their voice.

@@soniiabaybee a male imam is when they are males or if they are men and women . Maybe one of the reasons is that Islam protects women from the gazes of men . But if they are women , a woman lead, and there is no need to raise her voice. That’s very normal.

bolobolo bolo you have to remember that there’s a difference between men and women, bending over is a sexual position for women, it’s usually not sexual for men unless they like ‘pegging’

bolobolo bolo no of course not, women can definitely rape men and i didn’t mean to invalidate men who were raped. but i’m not talking about rape at all, it’s just what’s commonly attractive to the other gender. for example a straight female may think men with veins are attractive because it seems “masculine”, while a straight male may not like veins on a female because it doesn’t seem “feminine”. there’s just a difference in what we may find attractive

bolobolo bolo i tried to reply to this comment twice but i both look like they were deleted, do you see this?

Something I have always found deeply disturbing by this "for men and women to be equal, they need to be able to do the same things." One of my friends worked in an overseas posting for a while. Several of her female colleagues were assaulted while out jogging on their days off. When she and the other women asked to be allowed to carry pepper spray, their workplaces Women's Feminist Club thing vehemently objected because "women are the same as men and they don't need an additional weapon to fight off a man." It was insane. Not only does this kind of ideology devalue the incredible abilities unique to women, it also actively puts us at risk in numerous ways.

Muslims surrender to the will of ALLAH n not like westerners breaking n going against every Commandment of GOD n endorsing Gay, lesbian marriages , drinking alcohol ,eating pork, abortions n many more___ the female body is temptuos n females can only be imam for females only__ any way there never was any female prophets so females must fear God n dont take yur desires as god n want to be imams_ female bodys are temptous n can distract the men in prayer

@@daudabdullah4405 one day he (saw ) was in sweat and he sent woe to Arabs saying "they aren't aware from the matter which is very close" and said "there is a hole in the wall of gog and Magog" and made circle with his thumb and forefinger 1450 yrs ago There is no wall now the wall has been already opened .Read the Qur'an ch Anbiya 95 96

@@LivesInReality how do you know there is no wall

@@johnpaul4743 I didn't knew Allah told me through Qur'an (ch 21 95-96) restricted people were Israeli (jews) and people who helped em to enter the restricted city were Europeans and Us.

@@LivesInReality it doesn’t say the wall is gone

@Happy Guy yep they did not

@Happy Guy can u prove that

You are wrong. It is not university because definition of the university is defined after year 1000. First university in the world is the university in Bologna, that what Fatima did is just a school or higher education, however you want to define it. Also before her, Greeks, Romans etc... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University

Indeed also ignore the butthurt hater named stefen

The worlds first university was in Ancient Greece as well as the worlds first International library.

she ask back, what does her mean with imam? leader of prayer or what? but the reporting answer with ambiguity

I smell a trap if she were to say there's no female imam.

@@Cypher7697 same here

It's a trap question. If she Said like you Said, That journalist will claimed it as sexist. But if She Said there's muslimah imam, She would Said not happened in masjid.

@@boboboy8189 I see your point but she could have answered it more straight up

dude... he has vast knowledge and memory to boost...

A woman can be a amam only if women pray behind her. Because when we pray we have to kneel and bow down and by doing that we make such poses which may divert the attention of men praying behind women. That's why neither women are allowed to pray infront of men nor they can pray together as there is a physical contact of shoulder to shoulderwhen we pray together. But women can pray having a partition from men or pray behind men.

@@muhammadalikhan7605 I'm assuming that Dr. Zakir Naik will never give that kind of answer. That's annoyance me many times.

@@fahmidamashura7076 Sister! there is a reason for every rule and restriction in Islam. We should not be judgemental or prejudiced. Jazak Allah

Yes too bad she didnt answer it that way also she should atleast say “yes we do have females imams or to be exactly islamic females schoolars “ but they only leads prayers among women.

@@Infinite.168 that's exactly what they wanted. They wanted her to say that.

She thought imam are the religious leader. That’s their problem of understanding and try to nit pick. I knew she meant something like Mufti, which is the same for Christian, they don’t have female Pope. Yet she act as knowledgeable so she can make a bad image of Islam that “oppress women” etc.

Where in the world you get that, as far I know the “man” is the 1st then goes with women 2,3,4 and he should act justly, what’s wrong with that??

@@muhammadkhairulizat ya akhi i didn't talk about this.... in her view, if she is a "feminist", why she talks to her like that with this manner. I never said anything about man, man have to be responsible, just, and they also have burdens, also woman has their responsabilities. But remember that the punishment of Allah is the same for women and men in term of sins. So there is no war or something like that between men and women, some people just want to create conflict between them. while the world just need people who talks nicely, just, and at peace.

@@saraengnoite6766 they should really act “justly” for the men

@@muhammadkhairulizat May Allah guide you and me

not every truth should be told everywhere and anytime.

Exactly just tell her our Islam don’t allow Woman Imam

Why not my brother

@@msyd6550 then she will start attacking her...

@@esra9993 Why, what is the reporters standard of morality, we should never worry about what others think, this is Islam, the truth.

So you’re saying you give answers on a text written in the iron age and not on any knowledge based on proof or evidence. No wonder the middle east has so many thriving democratic societies.

@@simbaking6907 Firstly u need to know that Quran(Shariah) was revealed for the mankind for all their guidances & resolution from their Allah S.wt, the Almighty, Majestic as a complete code of life...secondly if anything is older then it certainly doesn't mean it is old dated and we can't take it for granted...The Shariah is from the Allah S.wt ,God of the worlds that exist which we see or which we can't see ( the Seen and the unseen)...So that's must be absolute truth (HAQQ)...The glorious Quran is itself a miracle revealed 1442 years ago to a man who couldn't read or write...The Qur'an already told 1442 years ago which have been recently discovered or disclosed in the recent times some years ago ...I would like request you to study the English translation of the Qur'an if it( The English translation) is favourable for u...and then your misunderstanding will be sorted out...hope so...in sha Allah

@@elyrexo when someone invites u to keep your perspective/ remarks and thought then why we shouldn't? It doesn't mean I will reply what satisfies u...Then where does go your bombarding "freedom of expression " slogan??? Sir...u r people r like those who only think Freedom expression only fits to u when it satisfies your own ideas only and when it comes to Muslims no no no that's what we don't want ...# pseudo slogan of freedom of...............lool

@@elyrexo nobody told but the way expression was that kind of..

if that is the case.... why didn't she answer with that ?

@@johnyo5978 she should have been equally bold and assertive and just answered the question i agree with you. i wish there was a less polite and docile sister up there in all honesty. have to treat idiots how they treat you.

???? There are currently a couple dozen female rabbis in the UK (mostly reform/liberal). There's even an orthodox female rabbi in the UK. The first female rabbi in the UK was Jackie Tabick in 1975. The first female Imam in Europe was Hawaria Fattah in 2009 who was elected to run the Al-Sahaba mosque in Verviers, Belgium. It should be noted that Hawaria only supervises women's activities and is not in charge of Friday prayers.

Mashallha

Mashallah

SubhanAllah

MashaAllah, her good deeds and blessings will be carried on. But that is not an Imaam, she is what we would call an 'aalimah'

She can be an imam or aalimah only amongst women n children. If there is a Muslim man, the man stands to be the Imam. Or a young knowledgeable man as young as 15 years old ( baligh ) who attends religious school or tahfiz and learns / studies the Religion of Islam . WAllahu aalaam.. Allah knows best.

Exactly, but I still respect some people even if they're not a Muslim as long they're not crossing the line and talk bad about Islam

@@TheNamesArif me too

@Cat Named Amigo first men in islam are also entitled to sleep with women,men also have to wear proper dress code,we men can not go out with minimum cloths ordered by islam,yes the amount of dress men must wear is less than women but we also have a compulsory dress code,and cheating means when u sleep with someone who is not ur partner and not letting ur partner know.in islam u have to let ur wife know that u r marrying again.wifes permission is not necessary but u have to let them know,get ur definition of cheating r8.

These are the people who question others faith while they modify there own books for their worldly benifits.

@Cat Named Amigo that's what is taught in your modified books. 🐱

never

Female can be imam for female members. Its not wrong

@Akbar Al-Riyadhi Neither are you an expert! Women can be imams in women prayers!

إمامة 😂

@@WaaWaainnitbruv تشوف انت هههههههههههههههههههههه

Judaism ≠ Islam Rabbi ≠ Imam #Moron

Because you don't seem to understand the intention. No there are no women imams and the journalist knows that very well. Which is why she asked. So its pointless responding to someone like her. I personally I would have said that's not the point if the interview because we are not here ro discuss or judge my religion or our rituals and I am not interested in to having thatkind of discussion with someone like *you*. She would have shut up for good. If she asked what do you mean with someone like me? I would have said someone who doesn't adhere to this religion beliefs and is only trying to create some controversy and make of an issue that does ot exist. She was too nice with that journalist to be honest. She deserved to shut up.

Actually women can lead prayers, the prophet pbuh proclaimed an imam woman to lead the prayers you can do your research

@@Aurora-if9uz look again, i did say women can be an imam

@@Aurora-if9uz lead prayers for other women and kids only..

Wa alekumus salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

Walaikumsalam, ikr, so true bro

@Abdulkarim E. salam brother she is not a scholar and that is not the reason she came to have a conversation, it like you arr here to talk about a song than you suddenly wuestioning him why you dont like tacos,

@Abdulkarim E. Exactly, I hate this type of people, and I dont understand why people praise their weakness! She could have answered the question.

@@pgcreator717 This question doesnt need a scholar to answer

True. We do what Allah SWT orders as He SWT knows best.

Yeah

If she Said That, That blonde will accused muslim to be sexist and degenerate woman. This blonde is a type won't listen to other except her own agenda. Zara actually make a great choice but saying She didn't know. It's like talking to a troll on the internet, they won't accept your answer and by answer it. You basically feed a troll.

@@boboboy8189 Stop being a racist piece of ignorant sh*t

True but not a full answer as women are imams in women prayers, but yeah they dont lead men in prayers.

Yeah, the people of the book will never be satisfied with our answers. It's not our duty to cater to them but rather say the truth even if they dislike it.

Agreed.

Maybe if the journalist wasn't so hard on her she wouldn't have been so nervous to answer such a simple question. Instead of "do we have female imams?" why not "who leads prayer in the Muslim community?" or "what does Islam say about women leading prayer?" or just being gentle on her and yea??!

@Ma Khi I totally understand what you're saying. But she is the secretary general of the muslim council. She signed up for this. She should've given a straight forward answer instead of saying she doesn't know the numbers or stuff. Clearly a women being an imam is forbidden in our religion. Saying she handled it brilliantly doesn't really make sense. But hey it's her first time so let's cut her some slack 🤷

@@chy9361 It's not forbidden for women to be imams. There is only one situation in which a woman cannot be imam, and that is when there is an adult man. In that case the adult man is the imam.

Exactly.

Lol

Beautiful answer

Actually women can lead prayers, the prophet pbuh proclaimed an imam woman to lead the prayers you can do your research

@@Aurora-if9uz imam for other women. But no the west see that as a degradation cos women should also lead men

@@Aurora-if9uz ibn Taymiyyah r.a said a woman can lead the prayer for other women or worst case scenario if absolutely nl one knows Quran except her. But thats an exception not the rule

Have fun spending the rest of your life stuck in your house and having no idea what the world is really like. That sounds like a wonderful life!

@@sneezystudios5856 U have no idea how wonderful it feels.

Yes agreed, did you know the presenters parents who are jewish were jailed for running brothels.

Wow so what we all aspect from her

@@elyrexo 25 is not a child, for all we know she may have done the books. Your right its not the word of Allah SWT.

Who said anything about competing? The problem is most have an issue with female imams. I'm sure if one wants to lead a prayers for everyone. It's simply not allowed.

Its not always easy to fight back Zara tried her hardest. The journalist should have shut up and praised her to be the first Woman in her role.

lol .. um, no you dont get to demand perfection from us before we can ask if the muslim community is EVEN ATTEMPTING TO TRY WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED , MAYBE NOT PERFECTLY **YET** BUT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IT and maybe we have a ways to go before our numbers equal those of the male counterpart,,,, BUT ** WE ** HAVE ** ACCOMPLISHED IT ***

@@whoahorseywhoa4685 - Of course we do! After all, when one sticks a LED-halo on the back of the head, won't you live up to the angelhood you assume? As I said, 'At least' strikes again. "WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED", or was it accidental? Pretty bad accidents, like two world wars, when spouseless women had to trade their bodies for a loaf of bread! A 'mangled culture' formed by the ruins left by wars, suddenly is being called 'western', and achievement? "MAYBE NOT PERFECTLY YET " - Rather, too far from it. Where are the women rabbis and priests, and why are they self-appointed... from Reformed this... Construction that..., without any approval from the central religious authorities? Years ago, Jewish women carrying the Torah (forbidden) were called 'pigs' by Orthodox Jews who thought it was sacrilegious. So, come back when you've perfected yourself. And send better ones to lecture, not one whose father was a brothel runner, and a sex trafficker. May just be, that her concept of 'women's rights' is not too far from what her father's has been.

Fighting feminist won't do anything to them. They will use their own privilege to portray Islam bad if She fought her

@@boboboy8189 ISLAM PROTRAYS ITSELF BAD...

Do you now wonder why Muslims are always behind? 😊

@Delman Orshun behind in what. Western states are crippling. Kids with no fathers, alchoholic bitter old women and depressed men.

@@delmanorshun2471 would rather be "behind" than make up lies for worldly desires

@@rordongamsey3057.....News here and there about Muslim kids "with fathers" dying to enter Europe. I presume their fathers stood for them 😂

@@adna-qv4bn... Step number one :Throw away that non-Muslim made gadget you are holding! 😂

Aameen 🤲

You know when we have dumb people to control over media

so why aren't there any female imams ?

@@lilyce1840 ok... so why can female imams not lead prayer for men? ..... and FYI the whole male pregnant counter argument was silly and incomparable.

@@johnyo5978 sigh.. okay. straight to the point. fyi, imam is an occupation. he should be available every day, 5 times a day. in islam, women cant do solah when they are on their period. as solah involves physical movements, it benefits women who are having period cramps as they cant move much. soooo back to the point, imam has to be available 5 times a day. every day. therefore it is not suitable for women to be an imam. also, women can get pregnant right? who is gonna lead the prayer if she is not able to do it? sorry for being so defensive lol 🤧 that day i was not mentally stable as i was fighting with an islamophobe on the internet. and, i advice you to not ask these questions on youtube because people could give you wrong info. talk to a certified imam/scholar if you have access. or you can contact one.

@@lilyce1840 and did you refer to me as an islamaphobe ? or was that a mistake lol ?

As a none Muslim, I am bewildered by the replies and attacks I get for agreeing with your correct statement which is the very basic foundational knowledge not only in Islam, but the jewish religion too, also it should be for Christian's.. all share the same foundations... and the command.. "Women must not lead a man". For stating this, I am a phobic.. hater...far right... just for speaking this truth. Do they not know their own believes? Did Zara forget God's commandment... I think not!

There are lol the Protestant, Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches allow the ordination of women. Do your research before speaking about something you don’t know of.

Obviously not equal representation yet, but there are several women priests that are ordained and acknowledged

@@veeno3983 Name one female father you got ! Lol ! You morons have no concept of what an Imam is in Islam at all !

@@rashedahmed1562 please bother watch your tongue. No need to insult someone ! Explain it to them, explain to them we we behave the way we do, this would lead to much better conditions between us and them compared to insulting them .

@@veeno3983 I have never seen a woman in a position of Vatican pope

Subhanallah

JUST MUT"AH TO BE USED IN THE KORAN CHECK IT OUT EDUCATED MUSLIMS PLEASE

@@malcolmfernandezxacts7793 mutah is forbidden

So, why did she not answer with the above reasoning? Oh I see, a woman cannot do the same things as a man within Islam… and that fact, would be to controversial to the BBC snow flake...

@@matrix5062 because she didn't know the answer.

Scared of being exposed or being made to look bad? Maybe, just maybe, the issue is that religious people are too sensitive and protective about their faith.

@@sorguvasfen2426 so are atheists ;) just look into reddit, you will see bunch of spoiled brats who think they are smarter than everyone because they dont believe in god.

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@Claude Balls If you think that Al-Buraq is a fantasy then the universe is a fantasy too. The one who created the universe is capable of creating Al-Buraq. As for what I talked about, It has nothing to do with metaphysics. Islam is rational in how It deals with life and whatever comes with it, be it the gender differences, human capabilities,... If you are so ignorant of what metaphysics is. You better shut up. You're embarrassing yourself by bringing up Al-Buraq. bring up something new dummy.

Don't say like this is a huge responsibility ,that's why you are happy that you don't have to do it . Women are also given other huge responsibilities that's in the term are equally important . Rather talk about the fact that it can't be done bcz , women have Menstruation for 7-10 days & so prayer would be stopped during that time. A lot more reasons are there. Men & women are equal & complementary in the eyes of Allah, not equal & competitive . Lastly, we are given limited brain power. Above all Allah knows best.

@@t.jannat8202 women are given limited brain power which biology text book taught you this

i would not feel comfortable in a mosque with a mans behind in my face either lmao i-

@@shairafaiza7261 that is the wisdom of Islam. We have to sit back ,look at the injunctions, study rhe objectives( MAQASID SHARI'A) of the Law Giver and we will appreciate Islam.

She didn't handle it well. She waffled and didn't respect the journalist by refusing to answer a simple question, which is WHY aren't there women imams?

Because the interviewer wanted an answer like that. Saying " we do it because we are commanded/because of faith" is not a valid answer for secular society. Zara knew this question would steer them far away from her duties at the council and kept trying to get the interview back into focus.

It’s not that easy.. She did brilliant.. Cuz the journalist wanted to start an unnecessary debate and an illogical one.... You know, we actually can't answer properly to some illogical question... Like why A is A... If she did as you say so, she would have gave her opportunity she wanted... Bt she brilliantly ignored it... You don’t know what she would have asked... It's not about telling the truth.. It’s about avoiding unnecessary debate which may mislead to something illogical that we would not be able to answer

@@Audioシ Really?????? Illogical??? I can make it logical if I want to

@@khadijahalsmiere3718 I'm saying the journalist wanted to take it to a illogical way.... It's better to avoid in some cases..

@@corielake828 Like if that society you are talking about is going to benefit you in any form!!!!!!! Bro that society doesn’t care about you at all . That society supports what can be truly called “ illogical “ and way much worse than that and they are happy about it and they even brag about it ? What are you seeking from them ? ALLAH have told us already things don’t not work like that, it doesn’t work like that. (( If any do seek for glory and power,- to Allah belong all glory and power. )) . Why too much afraid?

MoshAllah beautiful answer

Women can also lead in pretty much everything except prayer

@@red1bk190 they can also lead in prayer, except is there's an adult male.

@@red1bk190 yes indeed, i never said woman cant lead in Islam, and also a Prophet PBUH never said that. But as a muslim we usually wanna follow what Prophet Muhammad PBUH did, in that essence, in islam man is a leader.

There are. Millions in fact. Theyre called trans men. They have male sex characteristics with XX chromosomes and many are still fertile. 🙄 Faulty argument.

Lol

There are lol the Protestant, Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches allow the ordination of women.

@@veeno3983 There're a lot of difference of roles between an imam and them. Even Islam also allows women to lead the prayer(means imam) if all are muslim women there.

This is the actual answer to that question 👍

Actually, woman can lead other woman to pray. Same goes to children. A mother can be imam for her children at home. So the children familiar to pray in group

@@boboboy8189 true.

Because those are politicians given jobs to speak for Muslims and Islam with their waffeling nonsense. She showed no respect for the journalist or to Islam or Muslims. She is in the wrong job.

@@BigBossTV7 I agree

@@BigBossTV7 ... I believe you should re-watch the video since you saw the whole thing the other way around. It is the journalist who isn't respecting the lady to whom she is "interrogating" with the same repeated nonsense question. The Muslim lady is answering with the utmost respect. What is the journalist trying to get from the lady by that question?; that Muslims do not have any female imams? So what! ... We have countless number of scholars who are female whose number cannot be matched by all other religions probably put together. And the concept of a female imam depends on certain circumstances which the journalist would've known if she knew anything about Islam.

@@nawalrahman I'm sorry, but it's TOTALLY the opposite of what you are claiming. You need to get out of your comfy zone and understand NOT everyone sees things as you want them to. The journalist has every right to ask her those very legit questions and pester her until she answers the REAL question she was asking , instead of playing mind games and exposing herself as untrustworthy. There is a difference of playing clever, and being intellectually sound and able to confront the REAL world. It's not the journalist who should know about Islam. It's the supposedly " representative" of Islam and Muslims. The truth is that ALL these organisations are scams that exploit the gullible. They have NO role or benefit to Muslims or non-Muslims. The same goes for all religious groups which collect donations and get paid taxpayers money so they could do nothing and enjoy it!

An apology for what? Why do we get so defensive? As if we are ashamed of the answer.

@@jaimesrk Do you tolerate your sister getting bullied?

I'm sorry. I thought you wanted an apology for the question asked. I misunderstood you intention.

Apology for what? dont be a snowflake!

@Happy Guy Which desert? The same desert that Jesus (peace be upon him) came from? I'm a European. Your hatred is making you look foolish. If you have a problem with Islam, mail me your issues and we'll talk: 2manyusernamestaken@gmail.com or @2manyusernamest on Twitter.

It is a meaningless question that is why it is offending, because the reporter knows that the answer is 'no'. However, there will never be enough time to explain how and why that is the case and that it is in no way degrading women's stance. Also, the intervied said 'did you mean chaplins' because chaplins and scholars (whcih could even be more knowledgeable and are higher than Imams) can be females. So, why stress on the Imam part if a female can be at a higher academic level?! The only explanation is that the reporter is just desiring to get a certain answer and ending the discussions with it

Also, the female imams that are in the link provided are not part of mainstream orthodox Islam (i.e the normal Islam and not the amalgamations that are designed to satisfy everyone except God). So, referring to them will even cause a bigger issue, especially among Muslims.

@@DarkKnightDad Then, you muslims *shouldn't* give any interviews to *non-muslims* if you people are so scared to answer questions or don't want to answer questions. Period!

@@yenomrofuoy5444 did you even read my reply! You make it sound like only Muslims get pressed by journals using these tactics. Everyone has questions were a 'simple' yes or no is not 'simple'. Even the Liberals. So please get down from the moral high ground that you are placing yourself in

@@DarkKnightDad I didn't make it sound like only muslims get pressed by journalist. I said "you muslims shouldn't give any interviews to non-muslims if you people are so scared to answer questions or don't want to answer questions." Tell me where exactly I imply in that comment that *only muslims get pressed by journalists* (but not the non-muslims)? Actually, my comment implies the opposite - the non-muslims always get pressed by journalists but that is neither an issue nor offensive to all the non-muslims in general. You are putting words into my mouth! Let me repeat, "You muslims don't give interviewes to non-muslims or answer the questions of non-muslim journalists if you don't want them to ask you certain questions!" You muslims give interview to non-muslims willingly but get offended when questioned. It's hilarious!

Nothing was wrong about that question and answer was just simple though