A woman is to lead a congregation of men and women in an Islamic prayer service for the first time in the UK. Muslim scholar Professor Amina Wadud, who has led prayers in America, is to give the sermon - or khutbah - at the start of a conference on Islam and feminism at Wolfson College in Oxford. The move is controversial as the tradition is that imams - always men - hold mixed services. Some believe it is against Islam for a woman to do so. But organisers heralded it as a "leap forward" for "theological destiny".
Also: interview with Amina Wadud , professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Qur'an and Woman.
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