Re: Sad state of Muslims today
To go to any site where there are Arab that I do not know is taqleed and I as you said earlier do itiba not taqleed, I will go to people who have ijaza even if they non-Arabs. Here in Qatar an Arab country I have a friend who is from Pakistani background raised in Canada an is teaching Arabic grammar at university level to Arab students and foreigners alike … Why would they source a non-Arab to teach their language grammar at university level?
If you learn about the history of grammar in Arabic you will find that most of the work was done by initially non-Arabs i.e. Persians and later by the non-Muslims of Europe. There are some great grammarians who Arabs too though … And they are most in Syria and across Northern Africa.