tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post115928754403522587..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Winds of War: Do We Need a Caliph?Pastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1159315885966356572006-09-27T01:11:00.000+01:002006-09-27T01:11:00.000+01:00But is there really a serious theological debate i...But is there really a serious theological debate in Islam, on which a "pope" could pass judgment? Or are the sectarian divisions within Islam mostly about power?<BR/><BR/>And if there were a Caliph, without political power, would anyone take him seriously - I don't think so, since Islam is all about linking religion and political power.<BR/><BR/>Thus, a call for a Caliphate is, unless simply naive, a call for a renewed center of Islamic worldly political power. And isn't the rest of the world much better off with multiple centres of political power among which we can ally, divide, and conquer?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-1159305796163523622006-09-26T22:23:00.000+01:002006-09-26T22:23:00.000+01:00Here's an interesting suggestion for selecting an ...Here's an interesting suggestion for selecting an 'Islamic Pope' <BR/><BR/>http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Marsden_Rachel/2006/09/25/1893684.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com