Women-Led Friday Prayer

Sis Ummah wrote: I think the main taboo here is that this is an educated African-American Muslim Woman.  The things being hated most are the African-Woman-American.

I think most  of us (at least my self) did not know that Dr. Wadud is African American woman, we knew it after Rami posted her photos. Even before Rami's post, there have been many many posts in this forum and in IslamiCity article's page, so your claim that the denial due to the fact that she is African American woman is not valid at all.

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Your attempt at the denial of it all is nonsense.  There has been a constant denial at the way that racism has divided this Ummah.  The lack of respect towards this sister INDEED has to do with the fact that she is BOTH a woman and African-American.  Your attempt to deny that reality is baseless.

Suleyman wrote: If we want to be a muslim;then we should be the full muslims...please select the way,black or white?;no place to grey like her face....

What do you mean by "Grey like her face.."  Are you an racist and from Turkey at that?

In psychological terms, people who only think in terms of black or white and can not agree to disagree or see grey, are people who have mental problems.  That is just plain what it is...a mental problem.  You practice how you want to and you should let others practice how they want and learn to be TOLERANT.  It is the extremists who are hurting this religion, but more than that, it is the INTOLERANT people who are hurting the religion the most.

Learn diversity of thought.  And more than tolerance, learn ACCEPTANCE!!!!!

 

Sis Ummah-

Brother Amir Abdel-Malik of Northern California Area  (African American Muslim) once gave a speech in which he stated that some of the women of america,  dealt with the sexism in our society and the abuse of women as sexual objects, by doing the exact same thing...making men sexual objects and thought that womens liberation was going to Chippendales male strip clubs, and having magazines like playgirl.

He said that:

African-Americans did the same with the creation of the Nation of Islam--by reacting to the God is white non--sence and saying white men are superior---african americans response in the Nation-was to say that God was black, and that whites were the Devil.

In my opinion-Sister Wadud has-"overcompensated" for the real problems that face the Uummah in terms of gender discrimination, and went Overboard. 

 

Racism is another issue and please dont use the "race card" here.

AA-