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sheikha en · NOUN

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1. A female sheikh.
   • Plus, Umm Waraqah was never explicitly forbidden to lead a mixed congregation. Wadud is now among a growing number of scholars, jurists, sheikhas, imamahs, and ordinary Muslim women pressing for the powers of religious authority. 2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World:

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