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#87 - For Imams, Chaplains and Community Leaders

#87 - For Imams, Chaplains and Community Leaders

FromA Way Beyond the Rainbow


#87 - For Imams, Chaplains and Community Leaders

FromA Way Beyond the Rainbow

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Length:
110 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode is a discussion with Imam Dawud Walid on the current challenges facing imams, chaplains and community leaders given the current global pro-LGBT socio-political climate, and how we, as Muslim communities, can help our imams and community leaders navigate these challenges so they can, in turn, effectively help their communities.What are some of the struggles that imams and community leaders face in their mosques and communities as far as issues related to same-sex attractions or gender dysphoria? Why are imams scattered when it comes to these matters and not unified in their stance? What is the "jurisdiction" of imams and community leaders in that regard, and what is out of their league? How can we support our imams, chaplains and community leaders as we pave our way together amidst all of these challenges? These and other questions are explored in this episode.Imam Dawud Walid's books:- Towards Sacred Activism- Blackness and Islam- Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles Among the Early Pious Muslims- Centering Black Narrative: Ahl al-Bayt, Blackness & Africa
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (93)

A podcast series discussing the everyday struggles of Muslims with same-sex attractions (SSA) who want to live a life true to Allah and Islam. I am Waheed Jensen, and I have SSA. In today’s world, it seems the overwhelming narrative out there is “love is love” and “embrace your sexual identity”. There are many of us who find that to be incompatible with the life we want to live, which is a God-conscious life in line with the teachings of Islam. This podcast series is a safe space for Muslims who struggle with SSA, as well as parents, family members, friends, imams, chaplains, community leaders, and the community at large.