Times of India 🔗 [Link: 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.