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Suri: 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.
A Sanskrit graduate from Burdwan Raj College, he faced no difficulty in continuing with his job of a para teacher at his village high school in Bramhankhanda, Birbhum, after his sexual transformation.
But trouble began when Firdous went to offer namaz at the local idgah. Clerics would not allow him to enter the prayer room. Rehan did not give up though. He sought police protection to establish his right. But he, along with his family, is getting threats from some villagers.