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
Order of the Companions of Martha and Mary Order of the Companions of Martha and Mary The Order of the Companions of Martha and Mary (OCMM) is an Anglican religious order. Founded in 2010, it is currently the newest religious community within the Church of England. The first two sisters of the Order, Sr Sue and Sr Judith, took their vows in Blackburn Cathedral on 3 August 2010. The sisters lived originally at Mellor, Lancashire, where they were involved in the running of the parish church of Mellor. Adapting the custom of primitive Christian religious communities for women, the Superior of the Order bears the title "Amma", an