013. Understanding Islam Part 1

John Green is the New York Times bestselling author and he gives his thoughts on the Understanding of Islam. “Let’s begin with the headlines in‭ ‬2014.‭ ‬ISIS,‭ ‬the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria,‭ ‬also known as ISIL and Islamic State and many other things, they declared a Caliphate in the territory that the group controls,‭ ‬prompting many Americans to wonder what a caliphate is.‭ ‬Well,‭ ‬the caliphate is an Islamic state modelled on the original Islamic community that was founded by the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century.‭ ‬Now,‭ ‬Mohammed was not a Caliph because the word means his successor and they were the successors to Mohammed.‭ ‬But the first four Political Leaders who led the community and turned it into an Empire have come to be known as the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs.‭ ‬And when groups like ISIS that are trying to re-establish this kind of government,‭ ‬look back on it,‭ ‬they see it as being kind of the Golden Age.‭ ‬This was a time not just of Growth for the Islamic Empire,‭ ‬but also of Political Stability and Unity,‭ ‬which as it happens,‭ ‬it really wasn’t like even under the four rightly guided caliphs,‭ ‬the Islamic world was Tremendously Diverse and had Huge Disagreements.‭ ‬I mean,‭ ‬of the four rightly guided caliphs,‭ T‬hree were Assassinated.”

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