Do You Agree that Being Religious in Itself Is not a Necessary Qualification for a Student of Religion?

However as I had mentioned in the example of Malcolm X, he proved otherwise. Even though it may be an exceptional case due to the conditions and situations, he proved that being religious is not a necessary qualification for a student of religion.
<Tab/>As mentioned above, if being religious is a necessary qualification for a student of religion, and if we were to apply this to any other subject matter, the number of students taking on subjects in schools will dramatically be reduced. Children will never have a change to be exposed to learning and only the exceptional few intelligent ones will be allowed to study. Many of us who practice a certain religion were not very religious, and as a result of that we become student of religion.
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