Are Muslim Leaders Useless?

Well that is a charge we here often. And dare I say it, but most Muslim community leaders are pretty darn useless. All they care about is their power base and clan politics. And it seems there are others that agree:

One 16-year-old, who gave his name as Bobby, said: “They are useless. They waste our money, they play politics. They don’t look at people’s problems.”

Youngsters as young as ten asked why they had been banned from the mosque.

They said religious leaders preached peace but internal politics had led to violence in mosques.

Student Ahmed Ali, 19, of Warren Street, Leyton, said: “Say I get my girl pregnant. If I’ve got a habit of taking drugs, who’s going to talk to me? They just want to think about who’s got power and where they are going to open a new mosque.”

However I have to add, that there are a few community elders out there who are very sincere and committed to helping Muslims.

But here is a deeper point, if one was to say that a people get the leaders they deserve, if Muslim leaders are useless, what does that say about us Muslims?

Hello world!

Salaam Everyone!

As an IT hack, what better title can one have for their first post?? Reminds me of Computer Science 101. Anyway I do hope I shall see more of you here. For those who are not sure what this blog is about here is a quick overview.

Being a Muslim in the UK, in the last few months I have noticed a huge increase in hostility towards Muslims in the media. Now I can say for a fact that this is not the case amongst the general British public, who are on the whole entirely splendid. However the misrepresentation on the Media is so worrying. What’s even more worrying is the increasing number of anti-Muslim sites on the web. Well this site is intended to be a sucker punch to all of those tossers!

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