Women as imams

Mourchida is the name for a female imam.

Different poses

Presently there is a controversy among Muslims, whether and under what circumstances, women may perform work as an imam. Especially in Turkey and in Morocco it should already be a number of female imams.

Increasingly also in several Western states of Europe and America take over the duties of an Imam women. So headed in New York City woman, Amina Wadud, 2005, a Friday prayer.

Three of the four Sunni schools of law, but also many Shia law schools are of the opinion that women are allowed to lead groups of women in prayer, but the law school of Maliki has not allowed this.