#87 - For Imams, Chaplains and Community Leaders
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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
Towards Sacred Activism
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- 0:37Episode Introduction
- 3:30Introduction of Imam Dawud Walid
- 10:27On Imam Dawud's Experience with LGBT Matters
- 14:18On Challenges Facing Imams, Chaplains and Community Leaders
- 29:28On Why Imams and Community Leaders are Scattered on this Issue
- 36:47On Counseling Muslims Struggling with SSA or GD
- 43:43On Counseling Parents and Families
- 49:54On the Jurisdiction of Imams and What is Beyond Them
- 55:38Survey Responses from the Straight Struggle Online Community
- 1:38:30On How Muslim Communities Could Support Imams and Community Leaders
- 1:45:31Contact Information
- 1:49:12Ending Remarks