@Enigma SIG @Trango Towers
Meorising is an achievement and criminal people can have all sorts of religious principles, thinking, etc.
Their attire and credential don't matter. Many MQM killers and RAW agents have beards etc. In fact common modus operandi of a criminal like property dealers are most 'religious'
That is why Islam says nearly that
تم مے سے وہ اگے حے جس کا تقویٰ زیا دہ ہے
So knowledge and understanding don't matter but their effects on your values and actions.
Like 'people of the cave' were no scholars but they know one basic thing that
shirk is bad. Thats it, enough to get mentioned in Quran.