Religious Clerics and Accountability: The Story of Usama Canon

*note 9/7/2021: Usama Canon has passed away today. May God have mercy on his soul and grant him the best in the hereafter.

This week, I was heartbroken to read the news that Muslim cleric Usama Canon was formally terminated from the very organization he founded, Ta’leef Collective. Now, I don’t consider myself much of a religious person and I don’t even…