Over at www.Mas'ud Khan's blog, Aftab Ahmad Malik (of Amal Press tears apart a recent article by the infamous Stephen Schwartz in which he once again airs his vendetta against Shaikh Hamza Yusuf, accusing him of falsely pretending to hold the non-existent position of "Mufti of California" in the Saudi newspaper Okaz, and of transforming himself from "one of the loudest, most radical, vulgar, and provocative Islamist agitators in the West" to a "spiritual Sufi" in the wake of 9/11, when in fact Shaikh Hamza had always been favourable to Sufism and had taken knowledge from many of those of whom Schwartz personally approved, like Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki. Long, comprehensive and well worth reading. (More: Umar Lee, Ginny, Yursil [1], [2].)
Schwartz's Words of Mass Distortion by Aftab Malik
Assalamu alaikum, you may (or may not) be interested in knowing that supposedly Stephen Schwartz leaves a comment on Umar Lee's blog at http://umarlee.wordpress.com [in which] he states that Shaykh Hamza is a "known liar", though I'd like to know how, but anyway, thought you'd find it interesting. His comments leave me with more questions than answers really, but as I'm busy at the moment, I'd rather not get caught up in the debate on this. (_**IJ:** actual comment is [here](http://umarlee.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/on-sheikh-hamza-and-stephen-schwartz/)._)