What's this we stuff? ....
Here at FR most are treated with derision. Does anyone care what any "rock star" has to say about anything?
Scholars are routinely quoted here to support one point or another.
And as for the way Muslims regarded scholars, I asked sometime back if anyone knew the Mulsim equivalent to Maimonades or Aquinas. I don't think I got an answer. I think the bottom line is that the Muslim World has little use for anyone whose learning extends beyond the boundaries of the Koran and the Hadiths. That is not "respect for scholars" in my book.
ML/NJ