Muslim women meet
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- November
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Muslim women gathered in New York City over the weekend with an agenda of ways to advance their rights.
Here are some of their ideas:
— Create an international shura or advisory council to put out recommendations to political and religious leaders on issues of concern to Muslim women.
— Establish an endowment to provide 10 scholarships for Muslim women to become muftias, licensed to render religious judgments or fatawa.
Approximately 100 women from the worlds of academia, politics, art and religion attended the meeting, called Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity.
There’s more information on the web site of the ASMA Society, an Islamic cultural and educational organization founded in New York City.
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