{"id":94465,"date":"2026-02-04T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/?p=94465"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:20:00","slug":"podcast-guardians-of-the-tradition-muslim-women-islamic-education-anse-tamara-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2026\/02\/04\/podcast-guardians-of-the-tradition-muslim-women-islamic-education-anse-tamara-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"[Podcast] Guardians of the Tradition: Muslim Women &#038; Islamic Education | Anse Tamara Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/90f443d6-56bd-4790-a297-b615e6c7c179?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Can Muslim women become scholars of Islam? <em>Should<\/em> they become Islamic scholars?<\/p>\n<p>Zainab bint Younus speaks to Anse Tamara Gray, a Muslim woman scholar, all about the role that women play in protecting the Islamic intellectual tradition and why it&#8217;s so important for Muslim women to study Islam at various levels and capacities. Anse Tamara shares her vision for Muslim women becoming leaders of the Ummah, and introduces <a href=\"https:\/\/academy.rabata.org\/university\/\">Ribaat University<\/a> as a way to pursue those goals.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drtamaragray.com\/\"><strong>Shaykha Tamara Gray<\/strong><\/a> is a traditionally trained scholar of the Islamic sciences, having spent twenty years studying in Damascus. She also holds a doctorate in leadership from the University of St. Thomas and a master\u2019s degree in Curriculum Theory and Instruction from Temple University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Tamara is the founder and CEO of Rabata, an organization for Muslim women, by Muslim women, dedicated to providing Islamic education in beautiful, creative ways. 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