"Why are there no female imams?" Muslim reacts to BBC's controversial interview with Zara Mohammed
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2021
- Newly-elected Muslim Council of Britain Secretary General Zara Mohammed's interview with BBC Woman's Hour went viral when she was asked by the presenter why there are no female imams. Social media was flooded with responses supporting Zara's answering to a difficult line of questioning.
Islam Channel's Digital Producer Nailah Edwards re-watches the interview and reacts.
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The interviewer is trying to support women's rights by passive aggressively pressing a woman like that?
Hahahaha
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, RUclips 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
Equality does not mean Identical acts
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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..?
The answer could have been straightforward and to the point "If it's a females-only prayer space, there would a be female Imam. If it's mixed with separate female prayers spaces as most mosques tend to be, then there will be a male Imam but there will be female leaders/teachers for various women's committees. Women are not allowed to lead men in prayers in Islam." That's it. Where the confusion here? That's just the rule of the religion. If the journalist is truly invested in having a fruitful discussion, then a broad discussion around women's role in chaplaincy can follow. The constant question dodging is what gets to me. We should also be prepared to answer such questions when in a media-facing role.
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...
I was taught to read the Quran by multiple female teachers in school
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?
As women we are comfortable and feel secured, we don’t have to take up everything a man is doing to validate us.
Good for you, Maşallah
What an answer, Mashaallah!
MashaAllah
Great answer mashallah
@Rajesh VengadesanThis is inappropriate and is not true.
No female imams because women don't have to do everything men do, how about celebrate our own standards instead of copying men
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! 😎
just another one of those interviewers that doesn't do their homework first
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.
There is a difference between equity and equality people!😊
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
@@RandomRUclipsUser69 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
Imams are not the same as Rabbis and Priests. Imams r simply figures who lead the prayers of the mosque. For example you can see children leading the prayers in Ramadan, quite a common scenario. It doesn’t mean Imam is someone who is authoritative or very knowledgeable, whereas Rabbis and Priests study for a long time to become what they are.
This “interview” was nothing short of a harassment. The interviewer herself lacks the knowledge what “Imam” even means.
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..?
Next time bbc questions to a doctor like : why only women gives birth......... while its a contribution of both ......its totally anti feminism 😁
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
Interviewer: Do you have women imam?
Myself : Yes we do have women imam to lead prayer among women.
Interviewer: why women cannot lead man in the prayer?
Myself: I'm never see any women right organisation asking for open MMA match between man and women if that equality you talking about.
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.
"Why the men cant give birth to a child?" is kinda same type of question..Dude God has created everyone with different responsibilities and dignity that doesnt have to mean one is superior than other❤️
😂 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.
In islam woman do not lead prayers in mosques instead they produce and teach those men who go on to lead prayers, lead countries etc... in other words our women have a much greater role than leading prayers. Quran is the only religion book that praise women through out the book in fact in the Quran there is a whole Surah named WOMEN and another named after one of the four greatest women ever walked on this planet. MARRY peace and prayers be upon her
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
She should have answered with " I am sorry honey we do not change God guides and rules to fit your narrative. If God says man lead the prayer than they are and full stop"
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 smirk on Zara's face when she asked that question is something I guess every muslim ( in context to this video subject)can associate with. We're asked these types of questions and that too in a hostile manner so many times that we've become used to it. So everytime a question like this comes, that smirk comes unconsciously , internal thought , ' here we go again'.
@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.
Great... Now apparently, we need to be doing EVERYTHING a man does, in order to be of value.
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.
I found its really rude to cut someone when they are talking. Hope that journalist can be more professional
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
She should've said this;
"Imams are usually men, women take upon female religious roles too but this is Islam, we have respect and privacy for both genders. Do not compare us to Jews or Christians; we are unique."
Mashallah to our sister here 😍
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.
Dr. Zakir Naik can definitely precise and clear answer about this question
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
Assalamualaikum, i want to know what is the background Nasheed name is, jazakallah!
Did she knew what is imam for? women do have imam among them. That means every woman could be imam among women. For men they can be imam among both men and women.
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.
Lady, imam doesn’t equal pope or rabbi, imam is someone who leads in congregation prayer, anyone who knows how to pray can be an imam. In majority Muslim countries (specifically Pakistan) I have been to prayers where women lead 400 women and kids in prayer and that was just the mosque near my house. Can't believe they'll nit-pick everything just to feel better about themselves. Absolute cringe.
Edit: bc people were confused in the comments
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
Thank you indeed for sharing this video with us.
She is brilliant and gifted with the wisdom to respond to such questions.
May The Almighty grant us wisdom and guide us to the straight path.
Masha Allah, sister nayla and Zara, may Allah bless u both n all muslim ummah
Aameen 🤲
Who do you think lead muslim women in prayers?
Actually WOMEN, thank you.
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?
How many? Every woman who has a daughter most likely is an imam in the house. When the men of the house went to the mosque for jamaah pray the women do it at home and one of them will perform as imam
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?
It's shocking that a Muslim woman can't answer a question as simple as this. "Muslim women can't lead a prayer because our religion says so" would be sufficient.
Zara wasn't prepared for the interview 😔... She needs to be stronger and sure not trying to sugar coat Islam for non-moslims there is no doubt in our religion
Asking that question she thinks she knows more than Allah?
Edit : Search Sheikh Imran Hosein
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
There is nothing wrong in giving a straight answer and Allah knows best.
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.
The real question is why outsiders should care
@@elyrexo So why do you care how we live our religion? Get away with your thinking that you can control the world, imperialistic european!
Love the ad ❤
Muslim women have lead in many facets of life, the history is rich even
Yes, perhaps... But was that the question? No.
Next time just tell this kind of journalist that the first University in the world (al-Qarawiyyin) was founded by a muslim woman called Fatima al-Fihri in 859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
@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.
Beautifully handled by Zara. May Allah guide her to represent the beautiful side of Islam in interviews like this, so crazy how she didn’t get mad even! May Allah guide the interviewer to do her own research and realize her own preconceived notions. Ameen
Nothing was wrong about that question and answer was just simple though
Can someone share the link of the interview which had in BBC? I would like to comment on it there..
She should have given a straight up answer without trying to duck around. The more she ducks the question, the bolder the interviewer is getting. She should have been like this is a profession like many
Other professions that is male dominated because of the nature of the audience. Women are not required to pray 5 times a day at the mosque but men are.. so therefore it’s not a job that women actively pursue. This would have been a slap on her face and that’s exactly what she needs!
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
" i would've asked a man" just by this quote you can see how she treats a woman like her= "sexism" so disgusting...
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
I'm from Malaysia..Only in the Quran and Islam are we all shown the ways of truth and it becomes the most important thing in our lives to go to heaven..Amin
What a bright and calm face she has. 100%.
She got asked the same questions about female Rabbi's she said that's a question we don't ask
???? 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.
Just say "there are none. Ask a Muslim scholar for that question, they know more about this than i do.. I am here to discuss about another matter"
All I can say kudos to her cuz i wouldn't have been so calm.
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.28 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.
alhamduliallah, I'm glad our sisters are standing up for themselves and clarifying that it has nothing to do with oppression. We can see that their understanding of feminism didn't work out in the west, and led in part to the downfall of their society
One rule for Islam and another for the rest of us
May Allah swt soften the heart of the reporter and pave the way for her 🤲🏼
The actual problem was that Reporter asking question taught that Imam is the Islamic version of a Priest or Rabbi which IS NOT
Here's a counter question :
"How many brain cells are in your head right now? Zero?"
The interviewer really doesn't understand the term of imam. Imam is a person who LEADING. Of course woman can be imam for other woman. But if men are there, we will lead the prayer. Same goes to a family. The man will lead his family because he hold many responsibilities to his family but that doesn't mean woman doesn't have right or turn down in Islam. Woman have same right with man but slightly in different terms. Prophet Muhammad was asked by his companion who he should pay his respect to. The prophet said 3 times for mother then after that the fourth time is the father. Anyone who disobey his mother will not be accept into the heaven. There are term " heaven is under the mother's feet". This is how high Islam put woman status in Islam.
They just want to start problems, they messed up their own religion, now they trying with Islam.
May Allah give everyone guidance. Ameen ❤️
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. 🐱
My mum was a Muslim Imaam, she thought the whole areas kids how to read the Quran and pray namaaz properly
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.
Thank you for the information 🙏😊👍
wow what a difficult situation ...
Just a comment -- the Hui Muslim minority in China does have female imams, and has for centuries. They lead services in separate women's mosques. There are certain ceremonies they cannot preside over (weddings and funerals, I think, although I'm not an expert), but they're a very important part of the community.
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!
She should be asking herself how many female rabbis do we have
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.
Public spokepersons should ANSWER!
If god/Allah is a woman women can be in whatever role a man can.
She should've just answered the question plainly.
In my opinion, you don't have to be too nice to a passive aggressive person. Just answer them directly. She should have just said" With all due respect I know what you're doing and where you're going with this and I'm not in the mood to debate that right now. Let me enjoy my moment in peace"
Just said, we do have imam women, but they are not being an imam for adult rather they are an imam for kids and another women when there's no men to be an imam.
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..
I'm here after reading an article in the Guardian. The Guardian mentioned the interview was 'strikingly hostile' but maybe I'm missing something here?
The first question was 'How many female Imam's are there in Britain?' and the response was that she didn't have the numbers... Suggesting she knew of some.
The second question was 'but do we have them?' is not the same as the first and could have been answered with a yes or no, or even a 'I don't know'.
I don't see how you can have a problem with a journalist asking a question to establish if we have female Imam's in Britain and if we do, how many there are?
I guess the implication is that the presenter wanted a nice juicy reply of either 'no there aren't any' or 'not many' so she could go into the "feminist" side of the debate but she's Zara Mohammed is the first female leader of the Muslim Council of Britain and it's an interview on Woman's Hour.
Just give a straight answer and then if it starts to go into an area of debate you don't want to discuss then say 'sorry, I'm not prepared or willing to discuss that in this interview' but establishing if there are female Imam's and how many there are in Britain doesn't seem a controversial question to me.
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.
Asalaam Naila are you available for radio interview at "Salaam BCR" regarding the zara interview with Emma Barnett? jzk
In my opinion 100% Equality is never ever possible and should not be ever.
Equity is more important and just.
@Judgement Kazzy he or she means, true equality will never be achieved. Whatever we do to equalize, someone will always be mad and think this is not equal and yadda yadda
@Judgement Kazzy equity is usually better than equality. For example when it comes to men and women in the work force, why do we give women longer parental leaves? Equality would mean both men and women would receive the same leave, but because it is the woman that actually gives birth then it’s only fair that they receive a longer leave.
Assalamu Alikum
I’m so proud of Ms. Zara,
She did great
May Allah bless her, & all the women are working to represent Islam
So much love for her
And they wonder why our people are so scared to give interviews to them.
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.
Sister zara handled it very well
And thanks for the video sister to you too
You are also very intelligent!!!
MASHA ALLAH!!!!
Let me give everyone an example of stupidity of the Islamophobes...
My name is mohammad.
Journalist:Are you sure? Did your parents asked for your permission while giving your name?
Me: I am sorry?
Journalist: You see,you are being discriminated.You are being a slave under religion and tradition pressure.Your rights are being violated.They chose your name without your consent.
Me:Hold on wait a min.What the hell?
Journalist:What your name?
Me: told you,its mohammad.
Journalist: No,your real name.One you named yourself.
Me:I didn't name myself anything.Its simply mohammad.
journalist: Sorry sir,looks like you are not trying to cooperate with us.You muslim don't even trust anyone.Believe it that islam is evil.
Me:Auzubillahi minash shaitan er razeem!!
That's the hypocrisy of journalist/comedians.
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!
No wonder she was employed by BBC, her father seems to have involved in some creepy 😳 business involving women that's why she is so concerned about woman imams.
و اطيعوا الله و رسوله
It is just that simple , our prophet Mohamed PBUH didn’t tell that a woman could lead a prayer including men , unless they are all women,even for the whole Islam history didn’t do so .
Nothing to shame on Islam و الحمد لله
Are they proposing a new religion for Muslims now!!!!
Thanks for the sister for replying such strange claims🙏
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!
Amazing video ❤️
Let's not appease what the sister did by virtue of being a sister. She failed to answer a question that is so incredibly straightforward to answer. If we are going to place sisters in such positions, let's at the very least be sincere enough to not simply be proud of the tokenism of it but be confident knowing that sister has the substance of being strong and proud to say exactly what Allah has ordained without feeling the need to cow down to please the non-muslim journalist. The journalist wasn't bullying her. Whether we like it or not, that's her job to push and prod for answers and the one being questioned must come prepared to answer with firm conviction and honesty.
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.
She did handle that well. Although i would have asked the interviewer the question of why she wants to know and what had that got to do with the topic at hand.
Islam will survive with or without you but you can not survive without Islam ❤️
Even 'IF' their were female Imam this reporter would try and find a non-related issue to argue about !
For these people I say 'even if you give them the World it still wouldn't be enough'.
Female imams you can't imagine this sentence in Arabic even if you tried, actually no Arabic word for it I laughed so hard.
إمامة 😂
@@WaaWaainnitbruv تشوف انت هههههههههههههههههههههه
From my understanding, men and women in Islam has different roles and responsibilities. For any jumaah prayers, it is obligated for men to lead the prayer. But female is not obligated to do so. However, in a room that only occupies woman and no men seen these women can lead prayers to each other. So this is beautiful in Islam. Women doesnt have to compete with men in all areas. We understand our each roles. And these differences does not mean men are superior than woman. In Islam the Quran says that men and women are equal in the eyes of God. So that means women in Islam still get the same reward as men eventhough our roles are different.
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.
for a free journalist in a democratic country ,there aren't wrong questions.
but with the representatives of islam the uncomfortable questions are forbidden
This is so uncomfy to watch. As a Christian, I can only applaud my Muslim brothers and sisters for being so dedicated and consistent to their holy books teachings. In my particular Christian denomination, women do not lead groups of men either. I’ve personally never once been offended by this. I’m a very religious, opinionated woman. I don’t feel suppressed one bit. Women have a tremendous role in my faith, and we also guide and lead other women. I believe God didn’t call us to be the spiritual leaders because He knew our plates were already full with everything else our family and communities demand of us. This is where the men were called to lead, and I gladly appreciate them doing so. I’m sure Muslim women are incredible religious figures in their homes, and in other groups of women. Let men step up, and do this one thing. Sheesh. I don’t get why the journalist had a vendetta against this poor woman. 😫
FYI, the woman taking interview is the same woman who some time ago said she doesn't believe in female rabbis
#Hypocrite
Judaism ≠ Islam
Rabbi ≠ Imam
#Moron
The answer simply:
you don't see a girl as imam in prayer as what you see is men's prayers
in women prayers , a girl for sure is the imam !
الله المستعان
Beautiful answer
thanks.
I think it's fair to say a straightforward 'NO' as there's no harm in saying the truth. You either respect and adhere to Allah's law
this is not how it's done. You should explain why that to be the case.
We , Muslims give answer according to our Shariah not to your desired or answer accordance to u ...journalist...
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..
When Christians and Jews start eating pork although prohibited in their literatures, that does not mean Muslim should take a lead from that. Similarly, when Christians and Jews start having women leading their prayers, we Muslims don't have to follow that. Bear in mind that Islamic prayers and requirements are not merely traditions. They are Allah's instruction that we must follow. That is why Quran remains unaltered after so many years.
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! 😂
my mom is an imam for 35 years and i have 5 doctors brothers and sisters and iam too doing my phD in Engineering and could not be more proud of her
How do some people manage to ask the most complicated and irrational question?
The beauty of our religion is why we women have the preveliges of been a queen at your own private spaces while you let the men lead outside and face world for us with our duas
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.
The late Shaykh Ahmad Deedat answered this question perfectly. Separation of the sexes doesn’t mean discrimination. It it to ward off evil thoughts and temptation in our hearts during prayers. I would not feel comfortable in a mosque with a woman prostrating in front of me.
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.
I'm really proud of you .your face is full of noor and iman and you are educated well and have more information about islam .
This feminists are getting out of hand
Salam brothers and sisters There is no denying sister Zara did what billion of people could not be able to do. ❤️, that journalist failed to be a journalist, everyone can see what that journalist trying to do its as if going to a medical doctor and asking him question about astronomy. Rather than what he has mastery in it, if there was a muslim scholar she would not even dare ask these question fearing he will answer and people will be satisfy with it.
Someone said to me ”she should have known the answer”
My reply: salam brother and sister, these question you would least expect to not know about would still need a scholar, we muslim brother and sister lives in different parts of world and the knowledge in differ part of world are less than other or more than others, some do not have internet and some do, not only that lets say if someone ask you what is the purpose of Life, you would answer that this life is given except to Worship Allah (swt) and you would be right about but you have to explain why is Allah worthy of your worship, a scholar is capable of quoting from quran, hadith, historic evidence, scientific fact, miracles and etc, like scholar might say this life is northing but a test and you will be test with the loss of wealth, loss of health and los of loves one, and slowly connects the dot for them regarding how it leads to THE! Purpose. Even still scholar them self are student of knowledge, even scholar have limited knowledge, Even if the sister had known the answer of it, it is no one place to ask her the question because that was not the purpose of the topic!. And just cuz she is a muslim does not mean she know the answer to everything
I LOVE EVRY SINGLE ONE OF MY MUSLIM BROTHER ANS SISTER AROUND THE WROLD IT IS SO PAINFUL WE ARE SO FAR BUT I MISS YOU ALL I WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND WANT TO BE PROTECTED BY YOU YET WE ARE AT THE END TIME ONLY TWO OR ONE MINOR SIGHN LEFT BEFORE MAJOR SIGHN, I WISH DAY OF JUDGEMENT DO NOT COME IN MY TIME. YA ALLAH PLS HAVE MERCY ON ME 😢
YA ALLAH YOU MADE ME A MUSLIM AND MADE ME GROW AS A MUSLIM WHEN I DIDN’T EVEN ASK YOU TO, YA ALLAH THIS TIME I AM ASKING GRANT ME HIGHEST JANNAH
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
Women have always been the backbone of knowledge
Incase if you wondering if they has a female imam the answer is yes , but the female imam would only lead the women only to prayer
Masha Allah
That female interviewer clearly have groundless knowledge of how muslim pray and islam as religion, yet she questioning the very pricipal fondation. How is that journalism
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 ?
I am actually sooooo happy and relieved that the responsibility of being the imam was given to the men because honestly it is a HUGE responsibility that will be questioned upon them if they don’t do it correctly...
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
Am proud of the Muslim women in the comments section sticking to what Allah has ordained and not fearing the blame of the blamers. This is what I call we hear and we obey. May Allah enable us to say the truth as it is and not compromise
That reporter has an agenda..
Example of a sealed heart. May Allah help us keep our nafs guarded so our hearts are not sealed too
She should have straight up said we don’t have women leading prayer because we respect women. We wouldn’t put her infront of all the men to check out her behind and listen to her beautiful voice. Like ya whether they like it or not. It is what it is. It’s not equality of the the two sexes in Islam it’s equity. And everything based on logic in this religion not based on none sense. Men can’t be mothers and women can’t be fathers the thing is a woman and a man are two different things. This doesn’t make them any less. Each one has an appointed leadership and position.
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.
We don't need to adhere to anybody's rules. We've got Islam already 😊. Equity and equality depending on the role. Islam is realistic and not based on fantasy as your system is.
@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.
ما شاء الله۔ very wisely handeld.
Mashallah 🤩🇬🇧