speeches vs. writing vs. teaching

[Aqdas]

Look at the facebook likes of any idiot out there - not infrequently, you will find that it surpasses the total likes of all the real scholars put together.

Exactly. That's why we need to get real ulama the exposure. Right now, people think Menk is some sort of superstar but compare him to someone like Shaykh Asrar - leagues apart in learning.

Yes, our ulama won't like the marketing as Sunnis don't tend to play such games but if fb and ig and sc are where it's at...

 

[Surati]

I think ulama should de-legitmize these platforms by pointedly refusing to share quality content on them.

That won’t make any difference whatsoever to social media usage and therefore our youngsters will only be exposed to Deobandi/Wahabi content. Every new technology has its pitfalls. The same could have been said for the TV or Internet or even the printing book.
We’ve got to adapt to how the world is moving and train our Ulama to use social media appropriately.

 

[Unbeknown]

That won’t make any difference whatsoever to social media usage and therefore our youngsters will only be exposed to Deobandi/Wahabi content. Every new technology has its pitfalls. The same could have been said for the TV or Internet or even the printing book.
We’ve got to adapt to how the world is moving and train our Ulama to use social media appropriately.

of-course it won't - but at least the khabith and tayyib will remain separate

anyway, I approach it from a different angle.

maybe there are other ways waiting to be explored? perhaps some fruits are just on the upper branches?

wa Allahu a'alam