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Title: Transsexual barred from namaz
Post by: LostInTime on October 15, 2007, 02:03:40 AM
Post by: LostInTime on October 15, 2007, 02:03:40 AM
Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata/Transsexual_barred_from_namaz/articleshow/2456644.cms)
Syed Rehan Firdous was not allowed to offer namaz as clerics did not permit him into the prayer room. His fault? He was a woman earlier. In June 2006, Rehana Firdous underwent a surgery and became Syed Rehan Firdous.
Syed Rehan Firdous was not allowed to offer namaz as clerics did not permit him into the prayer room. His fault? He was a woman earlier. In June 2006, Rehana Firdous underwent a surgery and became Syed Rehan Firdous.