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Explain the role of religious leaders as a source of authority and assess the views that scriptures are the most important source of authority in religion today.
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Explain the role of religious leaders as a source of authority and assess the views that scriptures are the most important source of authority in religion today. In the today's society sources of authority can come from religious leaders or the Holy Scriptures present within a religion. In the Islamic religion the religious leader is the Imam. This person is elected within the community to take this role as they are a person who is respected by the members of the mosque, who has studied the Qur'an and the Hadith. They also should have a good knowledge of this religion and who is known for their goodness and commonsense. The Imams play a very important role in the religion. One of the roles that the Imam takes is the leadership in the Friday's prayers. This is where they lead the Friday prayers at midday when he will deliver his sermon...
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