Just Say No

According to Prof. Dr. Nurcholish Madjid (Cak Nur), "most" ulemas do not actually make a big deal out of a woman becoming president/head of state. Only a small number still forbid a woman from becoming president. He made the statement at Jakarta's Sunda Kelapa Mosque on March 7.

His statement sounds absurd. The fact is ulemas from all major Islamic sects—Maliki, Hanifi, Syafii, Hambali— and all the famous Islamic legal experts, such as I

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