Recently a woman in Sri Lanka acted as the imaam.

Answer

It is haraam for a woman to lead men in Salaat even according to the Shaafi' Mathhab. The Salaat of the stupid men who followed the stupid zindeeqah is not valid. A woman who is so brazen and shameless as to act in flagrant conflict with the 14 century unanimous Law of Islam is either a lesbian or suffers from lesbian tendencies or she is operating under the influence of Iblees. But worse than her are the stupid men who followed her. Her brains are deranged and so are the brains of the men who followed her.

These are times of great f i t n a h p r e d i c t e d b y Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Every day a new shaitaani fitnah develops. All these fattaan are kuffaar zindeeqs and munaafiqs. Worse than the stupidity and shaitaaniyat of this woman is the halaalization of even homosexuality. In South Africa we are told that there is even a gay 'imaam'. This chap is Iblees-incarnate. Those who are aware of this gay devil, but continue performing Salaat behind him are the illegitimate progeny of Shaitaan.