Woman aspires to be Muslim mufti CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Souad Ibrahim Saleh is a prominent professor of Islamic studies who spent most of her life lecturing on Muslim law and theology. Now she thinks the academic world is too small for her scholarly skills and wants to be a mufti - a top Muslim cleric who issues edicts to interpret the faith. In Egypt, where women's rights and Islamic law seem to be in constant collision, her pursuit of the title has sparked further debate by newspapers and among Muslim scholars already arguing whether women can be judges or hold top government jobs. If Saleh succeeds, she would be the Muslim world's first woman mufti, and that would likely cause a furor in more conservative Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, where women may not even drive cars. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557605198-9c3>
