013. Understanding Islam Part 3

“Now,‭ ‬today,‭ ‬in Europe and the United States,‭ ‬most citizens expect their states to be in at least some degree Democratic and Republican and Constitutional.‭ ‬So when people in the West look at the earliest Islamic Empire,‭ ‬we have a way of imagining Caliphs as Kings because like,‭ ‬you know,‭ ‬we had Kings. But caliphs were important in different ways.‭ ‬For starters,‭ ‬they were the Successor to the Prophet.‭ ‬Maybe that’s similar to what the Roman Catholic papacy became over time.‭ ‬But it’s not like a king.So this combination of political and religious authority is important,‭ ‬as is that at least initially, there was no hereditary succession of caliphs.”‭

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