[allmyflights]

Whose fault is that?

I watch some of our madrasah trained maulvis give the most boring parrot fashion "so and so book says such and such" answers that they would put anyone to sleep.

People would rather hear what the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said with a correct explanation from our shuyukh when they answer a question rather than "in our mazhab it is like that - I don't know the reason, it is in a book somewhere".

Alhamdolillah at least in the West we have some excellent speakers giving talks from amongst the traditionally trained shuyukh [home grown or from abroad]. They seem to be far more in touch with the needs of the modern times. They also present fiqh, and Islam in general in a far more appealing manner to the masses. Sh. Hamza Yusuf, Sh. Nuh, Sh. Muhammad al-Ya'qoubi and others come to mind. absolutely,
There's just one more thing. When you give the world what they want, they'll obviously take it with both hands. When a person gives the world the version of Islam the "dunya dar"(materialists) seek, why should they not accept it? More interestingly, when they come to know, that the "ease" they are being provided, is directly being taken from the "Authentic" sources of "Qur'an and Hadeeth"(sounds familiar), what reason will there be for a person, who does not goto the madrassa scholars, to not listen to these people?

That is why, even in the early times of the Tablighi Jama'ah practices, the people worked hard to gather the muslims from the different businesses of society, to get attatched to the scholars.

The scholars themselves, should now have understood their own significance in the society. Instead of being "aam mullah", Alhamdulillah, I've started to see people who want to become a "khas Mullah".
The best I can do, is pray that Allah keeps us firm on his sirat almustaqeem.