“That same complete Sovereignty of God over the People makes it difficult for Islamists to embrace Democracy because it’s based on the idea that the people Themselves are sovereign. The most radical Islamists, like Iman al-Zawahiri of al-Qaida, really do Hate Democracy. He called democracy a New Religion that Defiled the Masses, and the completely… Continue reading 013. Understanding Islam Part 4
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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… Continue reading 013. Understanding Islam Part 3
013. Understanding Islam Part 2
“Early on and for a long time, Arab ethnicity was privileged in the Islamic world, and this was especially true during the period of Conquest. This was despite Mohammed saying truly, the Arab has no superiority over the non Arab, nor the non Arab over the Arab, nor the black over the white, nor the… Continue reading 013. Understanding Islam Part 2
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… Continue reading 013. Understanding Islam Part 1