What is wrong with women?

Women, as well as men, are encouraged to become as educated as they can in Islam, and therefore there is nothing wrong with women becoming scholars. However the right to have an official position in a masjid is disputed by many. A fundamental role of an imam in a masjid is to lead the salah. Women may not lead the salah of men unless every man in the prayer is unable to lead it. Any woman may be an imam in salah for a group of women, but for a mixed group (men and women), only a man can lead.