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Your statment is very simplistic. The likes of zaituna institute sits between seuclar education and relegious education. Its focus is different from fully focused islamic seminary. They will not produce great muhadith or a faqiah unlike the traditional seminaries. The only issue is there is general perception of dissconnect between the intelectual and Scholars of shariah.

Both types of insitutes are needed. I have already mentioned this in my earlier post. The likes of Jaituna may be able to bridge between secular world and a relegious one for the mass public but in relegious scholasitic field will remain lacking. Jack of all but master of none.

If you know anyting of muslim history and its academic history, you will know memorising text is considered as a tool. Only when the information is memorised, research work took place giving rise to the golden era. Hence every single notable scholar of the past were hifz of quran, hadith and commentry.
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