Lha, mas Ambon, ini kan Imam buat masjid khusus wanita. Kalo yang ini, di Malang dan Lamongan juga banyak :))
Ayo, try harder, cari informasi yang lebih jelas. Aku lagi gak bisa browsing nih, jadi mohon bantuannya. Entar kalo udah ketemu aku bantuin menyebarluaskan dech. salam, Ari Condro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ambon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://hu-islam.blogspot.com/2004/12/female-imams-in-china.html Saturday, December 4 Female imams in China A BBC article from September that I recently posted on my own blog. Thank you to my friend Sabeen, who pointed this out to me. But Muslims in the (Ningxia, China) province are pushing forward the barriers of faith - with unique results. Jin Meihua is at the forefront of those changes. Her head covered with a lilac scarf, she teaches passages from the Koran to other women. The 40-year-old wife and mother is one of a handful of Chinese female imams. "I felt I couldn't be a true Muslim if I didn't understand Islam. I craved knowledge, so I went to the imam and asked his permission to study in the mosque," she said. "There were only men there, and no mosque for the women. He said it would be hard but after about a year of study, I got support from the other imams and the community." Jin Meihua runs a mosque exclusively for women. While hers is attached to a male mosque, some female Muslims have set up their own completely independent mosques. "These are sites led by women for women, not overseen by male religious leaders," said Maria Jaschok from Oxford University. "They're independent, even autonomous. This is simply not the case anywhere else in Muslim countries." Beijing's tight control over religious practice means Chinese Muslims have been isolated from trends sweeping through the rest of the Islamic world. According to Dr Khaled Abou el Fadl from the University of California in Los Angeles, that means that ancient traditions like female jurists - which have been stamped out elsewhere - have been able to continue in China. "The Wahhabi and Salafis have not been able to penetrate areas like China and establish their puritanical creed there," said Dr Khaled Abou el Fadl. "That's a good thing, as it means that perhaps from the margins of Islam the great tradition of women jurists might be rekindled." It may be controversial, but the women who come here do not care. Ma Hongmei, a 30-year-old mother, says that what she has learned in the women's mosque has helped her become a better Muslim. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5F6XtA/.WnJAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
