[Al Arabiya Latest] The United Arab Emirates' city of Dubai is set to appoint female muftis by the end of next year in an unprecedented step that allows women to issue fatwas, or religious edicts, press reports said on Tuesday.
That ain't squat. My mother (PBUH) used to issue fatwahs all the time. Usually they started out "You are in big trouble, mister!"
Six Emirati women are being selected for a training program that starts early next year, the National newspaper reported, quoting the Dubai's grand mufti Ahmed al-Haddad as saying.
Haddad issued a fatwa in February authorizing women to become muftis and in May he called on qualified candidates to apply for a training program that includes instruction in Sharia law and legal thought.
"A woman who is learned and trained in issuing fatwas is not limited to her role of issuing fatwas that relate to women only, but rather she is qualified to issue on matters of worship, jurisprudence, morality and behavior," the paper quoted him as saying.
| Precisely the matters young Master Pruitt needed fatwa-ing for, I quite strongly suspect. |
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