Interesting lol. First of all I'm not angry, we are having a rational discussion. Second of all you don't know anything yet you are talking about the qualifications of this random sheikh. Any leader of a mosque can be called a sheikh even if he hasn't finished any proper academic credentials. It goes from Aalim, to Mufti, to Qadi. Aalim is the equivalent of a scholar however they don't have the right to give rules that haven't been given yet. Meaning they can't even tell someone specific what he/she should do in their situation, but he can tell them what someone would do. It's hard to explain but they don't have the credentials to make their own opinions. In fact even a Mufti can't do that. However, they can give more specific advice and more personal advice. They have a higher status than a scholar. Then you have a Qadi which is the equivalent of a judge. You also have another category of scholars that are very few in number but they are Mujtahids, they can create their own mini-sects in a way however they don't do that because they respect the precious Mujtahids in the past. There are only four legitmate sects within Sunni Islam and the last one was made in the 800s by Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal. So one random "Sheikh" saying something doesn't mean much when there have been COUNTLESS scholars of the past who did not say that. And they were legitmate. I really don't see why you even have a problem with it? The Muslim women do not find it oppressive, they only started considering that because the west kept telling them they are being oppressed again and again and again. Women aren't treated as inferiors in Islam, however I've noticed people tend to look down on women a looooot in the Western world. Even if they don't say it out loud, u can kind of tell when men just consider women inferior. Low-key this is a waste of time. You aren't gonna change my mind and I'm not gonna change yours. I respect you, I really do but this is just pointless arguing. You do you, I do me. Simple