Islamic religious leaders Islamic religious leaders Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. However, in the modern contexts of Muslims minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, Indonesia and Bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes. Compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other Abrahamic faiths, Islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. Unlike Catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and God", have "process of ordination", or "sacramental functions", but instead
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church are not considered appropriate for religious.) Some of the Eastern Catholic Churches of Syriac tradition use the title "Chorbishop", roughly equivalent to the Western title of "Monsignor". Other Eastern Catholic Churches bestow the honorific title of "Archimandrite" upon unmarried priests as a mark of respect or gratitude for their services. Married presbyters may be honored with the position of "Archpriest", which has two grades, the higher is "Mitred Archpriest" which permits the priest to wear a mitre. In the Latin Church titles of Archpriest is sometimes attached to the pastor of a few number of historic churches including the major