Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia - Women As Imams
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Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed-gender Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imam: Encyclopedia - Imam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia - Women In Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - Theological Criticism
Criticism of Islam's theology is often focused as much on Muhammad the individual as it is on beliefs held by Muslims about God. In addit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Domestic Violence
According to most interpretations of Sharia (Islamic law), authorization for the husband to physically beat disobedient wives is provided...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Christianity
Ordination of women - Roman Catholic Church. The ordination of women is much discussed in the Roman Catholic Church today, as vocations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imam: Encyclopedia Ii - Imam - Clerical Imams
Imam - Shia Imams. In the Shia context, Imam has a meaning more central to belief. The Shia believe that The Imam is someone that is ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - Political Criticism
Critics of political islam (Islamism) claim that, as a religion and system of law for governing society, Islam falls short of providing a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - Scientific Criticism
As with all religions, critics of Islam have pointed to what they believe are internal inconsistencies and scientific inaccuracies within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - Ethical Criticism
Some critics claim that, as a religion and system of law for governing society, Islam falls short of providing acceptable ethical values ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia - Salah
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mosque: Encyclopedia - Mosque
Mosques were known to the English-speaking world well before the word to describe them was established. However, in the fifteenth, sixtee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amina Wadud: Encyclopedia - Amina Wadud
Amina Wadud is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She was the cause of controversy in M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - The Effect Of Islamism
The nebulous revivalist movement termed Islamism is one of the most dynamic movements within Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Islami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - History
Many criticisms of the central beliefs in Islam predate the codification of Islam itself. For instance, recorded criticism of a belief in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Honor Killings
Due to the prevalance of honor killings in some Muslim societies, "Honor killings" are often identified with Islam, with some writers ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticism Of Islam - Muslim Responses
Criticism of Islam - Divisions of Islam. Main articles: Divisions of Islam, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Buddhism
This ordination of women is currently and historically practised in some Buddhist regions and not in others. The tradition of the ordaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Islam
Although Muslims do not formally ordain religious leaders, the imam serves as a spiritual leader and religious authority. There is a curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Judaism
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Work
Islam does not prohibit women from working, though, it does emphasize the primary duty, applied to both parents, is of caring for the fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Marriage
Islam does require a type of dowry but it is different from anthropological notions of brideprice. Islam requires that a husband make a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Clothing
The Qur'an requires believers, both male and female, to dress modestly. "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Legal Status
In Islamic law the legal status of women is similar to that of men, but in certain cases men have advantages. It is mentioned in the Qur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Vote
Until recently most Muslim nations (and indeed most nations) were non-democratic. Today a minority of Islamists view democracy as against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - As National Leaders
There is a disputed Sunni hadith reported by Bukhari (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 709) which reports that Muhammad said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Divorce
The rules for Talaq (divorce) vary among the major Islamic schools. Most importantly Shi'a and Sunni Muslims have different rules to enga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Nafil Prayers
"Nafl" (supererogatory) prayers are numerous which one can offer, as many as he likes, any time except for odious timings . Salah - Taha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amina Wadud: Encyclopedia Ii - Amina Wadud - Friday Prayer
Wadud was the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic discourse after leading a Friday prayer congregation of over 100 men and women i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Five Daily Fard Prayers
Muslims are commanded to perform salah fives times a day; these prayers are Fard (obligatory) on every Muslim above the age of puberty, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Wajib Prayers
Salah - Witr. Witr salah is performed after the salah of Isha'a. It may contain any odd number of raka'at from one to eleven according ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Sunnah Prayers
Sunnah, unlike Fard, are voluntary prayers performed by musalleehs for extra reward. The Sunnah salah (as with all other Sunnahs) origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Ritual Ablution
Prayer can only be conducted after a Muslim has performed wudu (ritual ablution). In wudu, Sunni Muslims wash their hands, teeth, faces, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - The Prayer Session
The prayer starts with the intention to pray (Niyyah), and by reciting the first surah of the Qur'an (Al-Fatiha, "the Opening"), followed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Prayer In A Congregation
Muslims are suggested to perform the compulsory Salah in congregation (jama'ah), behind an Imam. Jama'ah prayer is considered better and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article