In a November 7, 2025 lecture at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois, Imam Jamal Said — the mosque’s principal imam and director — declared that men are perfect while women are governed by “emotions and hormones.”
He insisted that a man treating his wife as an equal is “wrong,” adding that women who seek equality are “mistaken.”
Imam Said also stated that women cannot independently choose whom to marry, asserting that they must have a male guardian — even if that guardian is much younger, such as an 18-year-old brother making decisions for a 30-year-old sister with a PhD. He warned Muslim women not to question this hierarchy, saying it reflects Allah’s decree.
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