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	UNICEF - Press centre - Afghanistan's religious leaders commit to children's rights
		52 imams and other religious figures from four provinces in eastern Afghanistan spent three days discussing ways of developing messages that can be disseminated at community level by religious leaders to improve opportunities for women and children.
		The closing declaration of the workshop committed participants to providing awareness on safe motherhood, birth registration, education for girls and boys and the prevention of child labour, child trafficking and the use of children in armed groups.
		UNICEF considers the religious community to be a vital partner in ensuring improved opportunities for women and children.
	www.unicef.org /media/media_20160.html (258 words)

	USAID Bangladesh - Telling Our Story: Imams Fight Human Trafficking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is one of 1,600 imams participating in the fight against human trafficking.
		Imams involved in the project talk about the problem of human trafficking and discuss methods of prevention during their Friday prayer recitations in mosques.
		Ruhul and other imams now lead efforts to build a network of imams in the 20 most affected districts and have experienced a noticeable decline in trafficking rates.
	www.usaid.gov /bd/imam_trafficking.html (330 words)

	Women as Imams
		The imams and all the congregants are women and men are not allowed into the mosques.
		In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers in Ramadan if they are well-versed in the Qur'an; however, they are to stand behind the men, in the women's rows, rather than in front.
		When sat on the minbar just before she was to deliver the khutbah, some worshippers realised that the new imam was a woman in disguise.
	www.irfi.org /articles/articles_351_400/women_as_imams.htm (1995 words)

	Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations
		Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations
		Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women as imams of mixed-gender congregations
	www.experiencefestival.com /women_as_imams_-_women_imams_in_women-only_congregations (900 words)

	Push for imams to judge Sheikh Hilali - National - theage.com.au
		It is believed there is strong support within the association, which controls the mosque where Sheikh Hilali teaches, for the proposed board of imams to judge the sheikh's description of scantily clad women as raw meat inviting rape.
		It is believed that a number of imams have expressed interest in the sheikh's position at the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney's south-west, and are lobbying to replace him.
		In September the national conference of 115 leading imams endorsed a national board with two possible structures: imams only, or a community board of imams, scholars, women and youth.
	www.theage.com.au /news/national/push-for-imams-to-judge-sheikh-hilali/2006/11/07/1162661688027.html (480 words)

	Pamela K. Taylor, women imams, Grand Mufti -- Beliefnet.com
		For a woman to lead a mufti, even a mufti known for his liberal views, was not just ground-breaking; it could be the linchpin in the effort to legitimize women imams.
		It belies the idea that women are emotional rather than intellectual, and in need of a firm male hand to keep them in balance.
		One short year ago, in March 2005, Amina Wadud made history when she became the first Muslim woman in 1,400 years to deliver the sermon and lead a mixed-gender congregation in the Friday prayers, an event that had to be held in an art gallery because no mosque would agree to host it.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/186/story_18653_1.html (908 words)

	Imams set to replace sheik - National - smh.com.au
		In a bid to make the Islamic religious leadership more representative, a board of imams is likely to replace the mufti as the religious figurehead for the country's 300,000 Muslims.
		Islamic leaders will call for the fast tracking of a recommendation by the imams' conference in April to establish a national board of imams.
		The sheik was expected to be on the board of imams, however.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/imams-set-to-replace-sheik/2006/10/31/1162278137989.html (759 words)

	Female Imams in German Mosques Get a Mixed Reception \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 07.10.2006
		In secular Turkey, and in the mosques in Germany that are indirectly controlled by the Turkish state, female imams are already in place.
		Hörner instructs the Germany-bound imams about religion in his country and advises them to contact Christian churches when they arrive.
		For him, it is a positive step that the Diyanet is increasingly entrusting women with religious responsibilities.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2195419,00.html (553 words)

	.:The Institute of Interfaith Dialog:. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although the essence of Islam is acceptance of the one God and of the prophethood of Muhammad, in practice adherence to Islam has traditionally been manifested by living a life according to Islamic law within an Islamic community.
		The law is regarded as of divine origin: although it is administered and interpreted by human beings (and, as in most religions, that means men rather than women), it is understood as the law of God.
		For Shiite Muslims other cities, often associated with their Imams, achieved a special status: An Najaf and Karbala’ in Iraq, and Mashhad and Qom in Iran, are the most important.
	www.interfaithdialog.org /islam.php (5392 words)

	USAID Feature: Yemen Stories - Imams and Mothers Councils
		Imams tell the community during sermons that "woman is the sister of man and has a right to get an education," she said.
		When a group of seven to 10 mothers meet at someone's home, Al Towayty or other social workers lead discussions on: renovating schools, mixing boys and girls in the schools, the lack of female teachers, the lack of latrines or proper classrooms, and the benefits of an education.
		"Here women are very tough - if mothers decide to do something it will happen," Al Towayty said with a humorous twinkle in her eyes.
	www.usaid.gov /our_work/features/yemen/councils.html (451 words)

	Morocco introduces women preachers (Imams): Free Muslims Coalition
		The idea took off after the May, 2003 attacks in Casablanca Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in its fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism.
		Marzuk, with a diploma in Arab literature who said she knew the Quran by heart, was quick to specify she was "not going to take the place of an imam".
		Laila Faris, another pioneering MurshidaSports was the only subject dropped from the women preachers' training because the schedule was just too tight," regretted Mahfudh, who hopes to include it for the second batch of Murshidat trainees, whose applications are now being accepted.
	www.freemuslims.org /news/article.php?article=1429 (797 words)

	Women in Islam Summary
		For discussions of the role of women in Islam, see: Women in the Qur'an, discussion of females in Muslim scriptures Women in Muslim societies, the role and position of women in Muslim societies Islamic feminism Women as imams...
		It has prime examples of military women being mistreated in Saudi Arabia because of gender laws.
		The essay is a rebuttal about how women are viewed and treated in the Koran.
	www.bookrags.com /Women_in_Islam (144 words)

	The Scriptorium
		We don’t have to hand over all of our money to incompetent rulers, and hope that they will take care of us.
		The men and women who settled this great country didn’t wait for someone to do it for them, and neither should we.
		President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes that the Twelfth Imam, Imam Madi, will arrive on the earth following a global jihad.
	www.rightwingerz.com (12156 words)

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