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There is no such a thing as Islamic cleric anymore that is just complete and utter BS... Google is by far the best fatwa bringer in history.
As I understand, there never was a concept of 'clergy' in Islam; all were supposed to possess enough knowledge about Islam to be their own priests ! The Mosque was never supposed to be Church but much...much more ! But tis also true that in many of our cases we - the Muslims - have ended up creating 'a clergy', though one that doesn't even in these dark-times, comes close to what the Rabbis and the Priests were supposed to be. Mosa, isn't it true that the clergy has a lot of undue and unwarranted say in KSA ? I know that such an assertion would be valid for Pakistan ! I've come across many a Pakistani who've commented, in a particular context..say Islamic Jurisprudence, that its what their town 'Molvi - or Religious Cleric' said so'.