How Scholars and Others Have Let Us Down

About this episode

The episode discusses the disappointment with the lack of engagement from respected scholars and community leaders in the Muslim community.

This episode is one of those conversations we hesitated to have… and then realized we had to. We talk honestly about the mediocrity we’ve run into while trying to do serious work in the Muslim community. Not just with people in general, but with scholars and community leaders too. Big names. People we respected and whose lectures we’ve shared. We reached out in good faith, tried to collaborate, and were met with silence, ghosting, or half-hearted follow-through. It raises uncomfortable questi...

People in this episode

Host: Halal Match

Topics covered

• scholars
• community leaders
• collaboration
• mediocrity
• Muslim community

Keywords

• scholars
• community leaders
• collaboration
• Muslim community
• mediocrity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Muslim community

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