'Jinni to Lead Mixed-Species Prayer'
[TGP News] Yakoub GhooraMuslim Wake Up, the controversial progressive Muslim website that recently announced its intention to host a mixed-gender congregational prayer led by Amina Wadud, has said it now intends to host a Friday Jumma led by Suleiman Mostashifa, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Death Valley University. Mostashifa is a Jinni who has recently been liaising with Tarek Fateh of the Progressive Muslim Union of North America, on an interspecies project to analyse the asbab al-wurud (the historical circumstances) of hadith.
"We're expecting trouble again!" Ahmed Nassef, the director of Muslim Wake Up, told TGP News, "And we will almost certainly have to change venue at the last minute. There's a serious risk members of our congregation will resort to violence against innocent demonstrators, especially if they are children wearing jilbab. But we are certain the event will be welcomed by 68% of American Muslims worldwide."
The mixed-species Jumma has already drawn criticisms from leading Muslim scholars, including the 92 year old Yusuf Markaz Barid, a graduate of Al-Azhar who has written extensively on the sex lives of Jinn.
"This is a devilish act of heresy likely to bring about the end of the world." Markaz Barid screeched at his home in Qatar, adding that Jinn were mostly, "devious magicians who lure men into salacious restaurants."
Professor Mostashifa, who is already a controversial figure after suggesting the Qur'an sanctioned American cultural imperialism, was more circumspect in his appraisal of the event. "I have been studying this problem for over twenty years, and I believe that this Jumma will be an important step forward for fanatics on both sides of the species divide."
posted by Julaybib at
3/18/2005 03:12:00 AM
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I have to add a coda to this.
I also post these spoof news stories out on a mailing list, which includes a remarkably broad spectrum of Muslim opinion. One story featured an interview with God, where God issued a fatwa against Yusuf al-Qaradawi!
Despite being quite close to the bone, and despite some heated responses, no one has suggested I removed them from the list. Until today.
And who was it? A close friend (though not a Muslim) of the folks at PMU/MWU. Dear oh dear!
Wasalaam
Yakoub
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Julaybib, at
3/18/2005 04:15:00 AM
Oh, there is another first I should mention. Up until yesterday, in the 14 years since I took shahahda, no Muslim had ever made derogatory comments about my colour.
Congratulations! It's another first for the 'progressives'.
Wasalaam
Yakoub
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Julaybib, at
3/18/2005 06:23:00 AM
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Anonymous, at
3/18/2005 07:03:00 AM
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Anonymous, at
3/18/2005 07:28:00 AM
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Anonymous, at
3/18/2005 08:46:00 AM
Altaf
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Anonymous, at
3/18/2005 09:09:00 AM
Just like the Mona comment, no doubt some will be thinking I oppose the mixed-gender prayer. Wrong!
I think Wadud's extremely courageous stand could be great for Muslim women, especially in the USA. It could also prove to be extremely divisive.
The latter issue seems not to matter to certain individuals and organisations. May I remind them of something Allah said:
"And hold fast, all together, unto the bond with God, and do not draw apart from one another. And remember the. blessings which God has bestowed upon." 3:103
But as a good prog, I'm for more than quotes, but for the spirit of it. And the Quranic value which I am reminded of on this issue is - balance!
Wasalaam
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Julaybib, at
3/18/2005 11:57:00 AM
And for all you Muslims on here who are not from, or associated with, the beautiful Muslim communities of Britain (who make up 10% of our prison population), especially the Panjabi speaking lot from Mirpur, 'ghoora' is their slang word for white person.
Wasalaam
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Julaybib, at
3/18/2005 12:02:00 PM
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Anonymous, at
3/18/2005 02:28:00 PM
cross...i cant speak for Br. yakoub specifically, but the piece isnt really about opposing woman leading prayer...i think most here agree that it is acceptable....
its the bigger context of things...and the (media) glorification of it...
rab rakh,
fahd
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malangbaba, at
3/18/2005 08:18:00 PM
Yakoub, in most dialects of urdu and punjabi, ghoRa (a hard R) is a horse... heehee
Gora (soft R) is white man...
i dunno if maybe mirpuris say it differently....
:)
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malangbaba, at
3/18/2005 08:21:00 PM
Perhaps I could be Yakoub GhoRa Gora (white horse).
Astaghfirullah, meyn Panjabi thori si bolta hun.
Wasalaam
Yakoub
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Julaybib, at
3/19/2005 01:04:00 AM
Salaam,
ahahahhaahahahha...
its only a language bruh, no need for Astaghfirullahs....haaha
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malangbaba, at
3/19/2005 08:16:00 AM
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Leila M., at
3/19/2005 09:38:00 PM
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