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Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world's largest Muslim-majority country | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

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[–] poplargrove 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is deceptive because the origin of the ruling is written by male jurists (living with the ideas of gender from their time, a millenia ago).

It is opposed even when muslim men and women choose to have women lead, so the choice only matters when it conforms to the already held view.