Woman Imam to lead Muslim Prayer Service Commemorating International Women's Day

March 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Muslims for Progressive (MPV) announces Imam Pamela Taylor will lead the prayers and deliver the sermon for the MPV-Columbus Unity Mosque  in observance of International Women's Day, March 8th 2013 to be held at the UU Church, 93 W Weisheimer, Columbus, 43214, in Room 7 at 1 PM.

International Women's Day was fist observed on March 8, 1911 and has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike.

“This will be a unique event in the local Muslim community as MPV’s Friday service will be led by a female imam,” says Frank Parmir, Director of MPV-Columbus’s Unity Mosque. “We are a unique Islamic congregation. Women and members of the LBGT community are full and equal participants in our services."

Imam Taylor says: "In the Muslim world, women are facing severe legal, social, and individual hardships. While there are many ways to address these problems, we believe that any lasting solution will have to include a theological challenge to discriminatory readings of the Qur’an. My sermon will look at some of the verses that affirm women’s equality, and offer a more egalitarian understanding of some of the verses that have been used to oppress women.”

Columbus, OH – Friday, March 8th, 2013 – 1pm
UU Church, 93 W Weisheimer, Room 7, Columbus, OH 43214

Pamela Taylor to lead prayer (Imam)

For more information please visit: www.mpv-usa.org

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Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV) is a 501 (c) (3) founded in 2007.  MPV asserts that Islam is inherently progressive, inclusive and egalitarian which is an understanding that informs the ten principles by which the organization is guided. In the short years since its inception, MPV has expanded to include chapter and affiliates in Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta and Salt Lake City, Columbus (OH), Ottawa and Toronto, Canada as well as Paris, France. More information can be found at www.mpvusa.org.

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