Comments on: Female Muftis Aren’t Making Headlines. What a Surprise.

By: muhajjirah

muhajjirah — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:40 +0000

asalaam alaikum warahmat ALLAH-
here in saudi there ARE female muftis- muftiyaat’. i dont know how many or the details, but in the women’s section of Prophet’s Mosque they are there..

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Thanksgiving and Eid Hiatus « Sah Rah Bash — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:29:31 +0000

[...] oh, I don’t know if you happened to mosey on over to Muslimah Media Watch yesterday, but they re-posted my blog entry on female muftis that was originally published at elan. Needless to say, I was very excited. Thanks, Muslimah Media [...]

By: rdotm

rdotm — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000

I think it’s important for this kind of news to be better publicized in the Muslim community as well. I remember watching an episode of Wide Angle a few months ago that profiled women in North Africa (ahh, don’t remember which country) who were studying to become muftis and my mother, who received her religious education at the hands of really traditional imams, actually didn’t know that it was possible for women to become muftis. It was disheartening, and I think knowledge of womens’ rights with regard to islamic scholarship would help “buy” Muslim women rights within some of their own communities.