As a former treasurer of ISVT, i would like to welcome the New Imam Abdullah Al Ansari who I liked the most among the two candidates and not three because the third one candidate never showed up to deliver a Friday sermon.
However , I believe the whole Imam committee was biased and unprofessional .
The Imam committee contains some members who lack FIKH (fundamental Islamic studies) and no experience in hiring Imam before .
I was in the Imam committee and they kick me out because I expressed myself and disagreed with some members in the hiring process. That was not islamic and not democratic.
The committee also involves kids who have no idea what are the conditions should be in a great Imam .
For the correction of this article: the executive member never had the chance to talk about the selected Imam or express their opinions and never looked at the survey notes or attended the counts of the survey .i was their in the meeting and basically Taysir just told the executive members we have selected the Imam . Let s us move on to the next point of the agenda .
So I dont think the Imam committee and the executive board respected the constitution.
Youness Jamil
Board of trustees
Re: “After Months of Searching, Islamic Society of Vermont Hires New Imam”
As a former treasurer of ISVT, i would like to welcome the New Imam Abdullah Al Ansari who I liked the most among the two candidates and not three because the third one candidate never showed up to deliver a Friday sermon.
However , I believe the whole Imam committee was biased and unprofessional .
The Imam committee contains some members who lack FIKH (fundamental Islamic studies) and no experience in hiring Imam before .
I was in the Imam committee and they kick me out because I expressed myself and disagreed with some members in the hiring process. That was not islamic and not democratic.
The committee also involves kids who have no idea what are the conditions should be in a great Imam .
For the correction of this article: the executive member never had the chance to talk about the selected Imam or express their opinions and never looked at the survey notes or attended the counts of the survey .i was their in the meeting and basically Taysir just told the executive members we have selected the Imam . Let s us move on to the next point of the agenda .
So I dont think the Imam committee and the executive board respected the constitution.
Youness Jamil
Board of trustees