The Khalid Yasin Scandal: The Fall of the Criminal Imams

By now almost everyone is caught up in the buzz swirling around recent revelations of “Sheikh” Khalid Yasin’s long history of fraud and deceit. I applaud the courageous blog Salafi Burnout for attempting to protect the Muslims from what can only be described as a criminal enterprise, and to make us all aware of the tremendous damage it has caused to the community . As Yasin’s criminal house of cards appears to finally be falling, we are left with many unanswered questions as to why this kind of thing has been allowed to go on for so long.

Reflection and Introspection

Over the past couple of months I’ve had time to not only get some of my personal affairs in order, but more importantly, to contemplate and reflect on the state of the Muslim community(s)  in America. This, in my judgment, is something we all need to do from time to time in order to cut through the cacophony of so much over-heated rhetoric and political spin, and bring some clarity to the things that really matter in life. It seems to me that it is this clarity which is sorely lacking in the Muslim discourse today.