Chinese Female Muslim Imam Leads Women Of The Hui Minority

SANGPO, CHINA - JULY 12: Hui Muslim female Imam Yonghua Zheng, puts on a headscarf in her quarters before leading prayers at the Qingzhenshang women's only mosque on July 10, 2014 in Sangpo, Henan Province, China. As part of a tradition dating back to the late 19th century and unique to China's 10 million Hui Muslims, Zheng is one of hundreds of female Imams leading all female congregations in the women's only mosques of northwest China. Though able to teach and lead prayers for women, they are forbidden from overseeing funeral rituals or washing male corpses before burial. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)