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Do you think there is a possibility that culture clouds their interpretation? For example, the Quran does not prescribe stoning for adultery, but some Arab states do. [/quote]
It's just as likely that the American, British or Canadian culture clouds the interpretation of scholars based in these countries. Why is one cloud better than others?[/quote]

If the Arab ones have Sharias that openly contradict the Quran itself, isn't that a valid reason to eliminate them from your call list?[/quote]
To eliminate whom? Scholars or countries?  What do scholars of a particular country have to do with the version of shariah that country practices?

And if you're so down on the native sons, please explain why is it that Hamza Yusuf felt the need to go to the Arab scholars to learn his Islam. [/quote]

We were talking about calling scholars. [b]Scholars are not likely to practice Islam in countries where law contradicts the Quran and justifies it as Islamic. 
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Hamza Yusuf Hanson did not speak any Arabic. I assume he wanted to learn Arabic from someone living there, and wanted easier access to historical data and information.

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What does the bolded part mean?  It implies that to be a scholar of Islam you must practice Islam.  I am Catholic and fully accept scholars of Catholicism do not necessarily need to be practicing Catholics or even Catholic.  The quality of their scholarship is what matters, not their personal faith.

Also, there is some picking and choosing here: True Islamic scholars can only be in countries where the law doesn't contradict the Quran.  If they are in other countries they are not true scholars.  Does US law contradict the Quran?  Many would say yes.  Does that make Islamic scholars here not truly scholars?

What countries do you believe have laws that don't contradict the Quran?  In many Arab countries only civil status laws are based on the Quran.  Does the fact that the other laws are not based on the Quran make them countries where a true Islamic scholar would not practice?[/quote]

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