The Baha'i Studies Listserv Also, the Bahai Faith "has" Imams, (at least in the narrowest sense).
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> But Islam has Mullahs, Moftis, Akhunds, Ayatollahs, Imams, etc. They are >> sort of priests. > > Not exactly. There is a difference between a cleric and a priest. A > cleric can be any kind of religious functionary but a priest performs > sacrifices and serves as a mediator between God and the people. That's > not allowed in Islam. Also, Christian priests are typically ordained and so they form a special class of people who can carry out certain rituals. But in Islam, there is no ritual that can't be done by adults who know what they are doing (weddings, leading daily prayers, funeral prayers, entering Islam, etc.) __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-548875-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
