PMU Launches Prayer Initiative

(NEW YORK, APRIL 23, 2005) – The Progressive Muslim Union of North America has launched a prayer initiative dedicated to deepening the discussion around female-led prayer in Islam. Though female-led prayer is an important issue in itself, its implications for larger debates concerning spiritual authority, Islamic legal methodology, and theories of social change in the Muslim community requires more than a simple recounting of the event. PMU hopes to provide a forum for this deeper, more intellectually challenging and essential discussion. The Prayer Initiative website features PMU’s theological position on the prayer, engages and debates other theological approaches and positions, gives first-hand accounts of the Wadud prayer, provides resources for those wanting to organize a female-led prayer that include an on-line meet-up site where those who are interested in women leading prayers can link with others, and in the future will provide a live forum for the Muslim community world-wide to discuss this issue in a safe and respectful space.

Posted on April 23, 2005 08:30 PM