Amina Wadud was the first woman ever to lead a Muslim Friday prayer last week. Three mosques had turned down the request to open the doors for the event. One other place shied back after a bomb threat, so the Muslim prayer was held in a church. The reaction was predictable: sin and apostasy called it a (female) Egyptian professor for Islamic law, a crimepunishable with death according to some interpretations.

Islam needs more of the courage and stance of this admirable woman. To get an idea what she's up against you can read this:

I am a Nigger, and you will just have to put up with my blackness

Wolfgang