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Bearded Lady Caught
Nov 18, 9:50 AM (ET)
MANAMA (Reuters) - Defying Islamic traditions, a Bahraini woman disguised herself as a bearded Muslim sheikh to lead Friday prayers but was stopped before she reached the pulpit, a cleric said on Thursday.
Sheikh Adnan al-Qattan of al-Fateh Grand Mosque said the 40-year-old woman identified as Fatima donned a fake beard and robe and entered his mosque last Friday to deliver a sermon.
"She was racing to get to the stand before me ... and I got suspicious and asked the guards to stop her and call the police," he told Reuters.
"At first I didn't think it was a woman. I thought it was just a cleric I didn't know. Then when her beard began to slide off and her voice grew soft during a scuffle we found out she was a woman," the sheikh said.
The woman was detained by police and then released without charge.
Under Islam, women are not permitted to lead prayers.
Source: http://reuters.excite.com//article/20041118/2004-11-18T145046Z_01_L18677218_RTRIDST_0_ODD-PREACHER-DC.html
You know, I feel sorry for her...she could've came to USA where women are free to lead prayers. After all, we have female pastors in various churches!
Bearded Lady Caught
Nov 18, 9:50 AM (ET)
MANAMA (Reuters) - Defying Islamic traditions, a Bahraini woman disguised herself as a bearded Muslim sheikh to lead Friday prayers but was stopped before she reached the pulpit, a cleric said on Thursday.
Sheikh Adnan al-Qattan of al-Fateh Grand Mosque said the 40-year-old woman identified as Fatima donned a fake beard and robe and entered his mosque last Friday to deliver a sermon.
"She was racing to get to the stand before me ... and I got suspicious and asked the guards to stop her and call the police," he told Reuters.
"At first I didn't think it was a woman. I thought it was just a cleric I didn't know. Then when her beard began to slide off and her voice grew soft during a scuffle we found out she was a woman," the sheikh said.
The woman was detained by police and then released without charge.
Under Islam, women are not permitted to lead prayers.
Source: http://reuters.excite.com//article/20041118/2004-11-18T145046Z_01_L18677218_RTRIDST_0_ODD-PREACHER-DC.html
You know, I feel sorry for her...she could've came to USA where women are free to lead prayers. After all, we have female pastors in various churches!
