glennmac
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What do these titles mean? How are they earned or awarded? What powers or authority do they confer?
Mullahs, Imams and Sheiks (Shayks)
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This doesn't fully answer your question, but here's the simple definitions:
mullah also mulla n. Islam A male religious teacher or leader.
imam: a religious leader. In Sunni Islam, the person who leads prayers in the mosque. In Shi'ite Islam, the direct-line successor to Muhammad via his daughter Fatima and son-in-law Ali (in which case it is capitalized).
shaykh (also sheikh, sheik): a title applied to the patriarch of a Muslim family group; also used as a term of respect for religious leaders and elders.
This doesn't fully answer your question, but here's the simple definitions:
mullah also mulla n. Islam A male religious teacher or leader.
imam: a religious leader. In Sunni Islam, the person who leads prayers in the mosque. In Shi'ite Islam, the direct-line successor to Muhammad via his daughter Fatima and son-in-law Ali (in which case it is capitalized).
shaykh (also sheikh, sheik): a title applied to the patriarch of a Muslim family group; also used as a term of respect for religious leaders and elders.
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And, in the case of most of the current crop appearing on TV, the dipshut who can keep a crappy diaper atop his head with a used fan belt.
The title seems to be about as relevent to Islamic clerics as the title Cournel is to some of the people calling themselves auctioneers.
The title seems to be about as relevent to Islamic clerics as the title Cournel is to some of the people calling themselves auctioneers.
