Equality is Here, Women to Proselytize.……..
“JEDDAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs is to look into the possibility of establishing a ladies’ dawa department in which women would be employed as preachers to address women issues that cannot be handled by men. According to Saudi writer Amira Kashgary, the concept of dawa, which in its original sense meant guiding non-Muslims, has now been confused with all types of guidance. “Dawa, I believe, should target non-Muslims,” she said, adding that people have also confused dawa with the issuing of fatwas or religious injunctions……….. Kashgary also voiced concern about a new phenomenon among Saudi women in which they preach to guests visiting their homes. She added that not all women who do this have adequate religious knowledge and that they sometimes make stories up to convince people of their arguments. She said this could also lead to people falling prey to deviant ideologies. “I call this ideological terrorism,” she said………..”
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