i’ve seen videos made by Muslim reverts, that included the praying postures for men and women. One man would first be shown completing the entire salaat. And then one lady. So they filmed the lady completely. Obviously she was appropriately dressed and everything.
During the last Eid prayers long time back, there was some minor upset caused when local tv cameras asked if they could film ALL the people who were praying, including the women’s section. The male executive members refused. So that evening, the tv segment on the Eid prayers focused upon the men only. One individual raised a complaint that this portrayed negatively on Islam and Muslims as a whole, because it tends to feed into the negative stereotypes of Muslim males being the ‘dominating’ presence - i think her argument was that if nonMuslims see Muslim females praying and doing roughly the same actions, at least they would see another side to the stereotyped image of the Muslim female…oppressed sheppressed etc. So are Muslim women allowed to be filmed while they are praying - this was a large Eid gathering and the local tv camera newsfolks wanted to ‘sweep’ the hall with their camera to take in the women’s section as well. Should it have been allowed?
If someone concludes that photography (video) is permitted, than appropriately dressed men AND women, should both be allowed to be filmed. On the other hand, if someone concludes that all photography is haraam, then both are off-limits. Applying it selectively seems quite hypocritical.
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It sortof does seem hypocritical i think.
Unless, from their point of view, maybe they felt that they didn't want 'their' women to be filmed and then subsequently viewed by thousands of people especially men ? i'm just trying to understand the other perspective, not necessarily sure of what's Islamically right or wrong, but just trying to understand why they refused - most importantly whether it has any Islamic basis for it.
It doesn't really make sense, though, because thousands of people (including men) see Muslim women directly each and every day in this city anyways... you can't avoid it. You meet nonMuslims everywhere - on the bus, on the train, at uni, at the library, at the stores. So it's unavoidable. confused
I am not sure if I will classify it as hypocritical. Men are allowed to lead the prayers but women are not, would you call that hypocritical? Although both do the same actions.
Women’s Hijab is not just wearing face/head covering and Jilbab but there are other aspects of Hijab as well and one of them is to minimize (as need basis) the interaction with men (applies both ways of course) and making video and then publishing it won’t help. Yes there is daily “unavoidable” interaction between the two sexes but like you say it is “unavoidable” , video is something that you can avoid so why not.
personally Nadz i dont think it would be...there can be maximum a quick shot of them while they are standing in congregation but not more than that...i always found these videos where they show muslimahs praying to be strange honestly