Khaled Abou El Fadl - Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi

Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology or canon law, the Islamic civilization boasted hundreds of women who were authorities in Islamic law and Islamic theology and that taught some of the most famous male jurists and left behind a remarkable corpus of writings.

- Khaled Abou El Fadl

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topic: Christian, Islamic, Writing, Jurists, Islamic Law, Christian Theology, Corpus