[ANON POST] Muslim Faith Leadership Roles for Women

[orange_fell]

I have a Somali-American woman in the Twin Cities, and I'd like to make her some sort of Muslim faith leader, but I don't know where to begin. I've read a lot of stargazer's blog, and I've Googled variations on "Muslim faith leaders women" and "female Muslim religious leaders." I got a lot of stuff for Muslim women by Muslim women, which was

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[dorsetgirl]

Yes, the OP is asking for ideas, but he/she also appeared to be dismissing the concept of Muslim men being misogynistic as “bigoted junk”.

As far as I know there is no rule stating that commenters are only allowed to respond to certain sentences in the original post. I felt I had some information that might have a bearing on the assertion, so I stated it.

it doesn't reflect the whole religion

Perhaps not. But I am talking about an official textbook designed to describe and explain Islam to schoolchildren. At the very least, then, the facts contained in the textbook are the ones which people in authority within Islam have selected as (a) representative of the religion and (b) important in helping outsiders to understand Islam.

And some of the facts in this textbook show Islam as being essentially misogynistic in many of its rules and procedures.

Finally, posts in communities like this one serve as a resource and centre for discussion for many people besides the OP, and so long as the OP is happy they are getting what they want, most people don’t object to a widening of the discussion so long as it remains polite and interesting.

Of course, as yourself and the OP are both anonymous, I have no way of knowing whether the OP has read, or replied to, any of the comments, or indeed whether you are the OP.