English Language - Muslim Audience

The start of true Islam is to use the mind. But today our start as Muslims seems to have become to remove the mind. And instead we copy sheikhs.

Bismillah My experiences with a mosque i have been visiting recently (in the uk). Overall it is positive alhamdulilah (thank God). Basically those with influence have recognized that the root of our problem are our imams ( those who lead prayers and give sermons). This is a major step for any mosque to realize. From this realization they then brought in a younger imam full of love and goodness. Who started teaching about love instead of propagating fear which those useless imams do mostly. Because they don't know love i think. Maybe no one loved them (or very few). I won't even point out that the young imam speaks English while that imported one doesn't. That's a given unfortunately and quite common i think. And it is more a reflection of the intellect of the mosque committee than the imams themselves. Because they choose those people and bring them in.My feelings are that mosque committees are mainly comprised of older generations that are stuck in the past but l...