I posted this comment elsewhere as a throwaway remark. I thought it would be useful to make a full thread on it. So I'm gonna expand it.
There's this meme by Shariah Law enthusiasts that if only they can recover the caliphate, Muslims will be free of domination and violence. There would be an end to fitna. An end to civil wars in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia etc. There would be a flowering of peace, prosperity, and justice just like the Golden Age of Islam in the time of the Sahaba.
That Golden Age is about as real as Nicki Minaj's silicon implants. In fact there was more instability under the Rashidun Caliphate. Abu Bakr faced uprisings by Muslim tribes in the Ridda Wars as soon as our noble prophet was buried. Umar Ibn Khattab was assassinated. Uthman was assassinated. Ali was assassinated. Not very stable is it? And that is the Golden Age these people harken back to. An age in which three out of the four khalifas were killed. I don't know about you, but that's not my idea of a swell time.
The caliphates which came after the Sahaba were no less bloody. Within 20 years of the prophet's death, Mecca was besieged by the 6th khalifa, Yazid ibn Muawiya, the Kaaba was destroyed by fighting, and the women of Mecca were raped en mass. This did not happen under the Crusaders. It was under the amir ul-mu'mineen.
Recovering the caliphate won't put an end to bloodshed and tyranny. If the Sahaba, the most righteous people in history, fought each other over politics and religion, if Ali and Aisha went to war against each other in spite of both being members of the prophet's family, it is inconceivable that lesser mortals can do any better. The Golden Age died with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). He was the only divinely guided person.
So here's my question for the caliphate boys on here. What makes you think you will manage to pull off what the Sahaba could not? Surely we need a secular democracy. Allahu Akbar, the libertarian mujahids will triumph.
@Boqor, @Cognitivedissonance, @DR OSMAN, @The Vampire Bat, @Shamis, @FSMDOA
There's this meme by Shariah Law enthusiasts that if only they can recover the caliphate, Muslims will be free of domination and violence. There would be an end to fitna. An end to civil wars in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia etc. There would be a flowering of peace, prosperity, and justice just like the Golden Age of Islam in the time of the Sahaba.
That Golden Age is about as real as Nicki Minaj's silicon implants. In fact there was more instability under the Rashidun Caliphate. Abu Bakr faced uprisings by Muslim tribes in the Ridda Wars as soon as our noble prophet was buried. Umar Ibn Khattab was assassinated. Uthman was assassinated. Ali was assassinated. Not very stable is it? And that is the Golden Age these people harken back to. An age in which three out of the four khalifas were killed. I don't know about you, but that's not my idea of a swell time.
The caliphates which came after the Sahaba were no less bloody. Within 20 years of the prophet's death, Mecca was besieged by the 6th khalifa, Yazid ibn Muawiya, the Kaaba was destroyed by fighting, and the women of Mecca were raped en mass. This did not happen under the Crusaders. It was under the amir ul-mu'mineen.
Recovering the caliphate won't put an end to bloodshed and tyranny. If the Sahaba, the most righteous people in history, fought each other over politics and religion, if Ali and Aisha went to war against each other in spite of both being members of the prophet's family, it is inconceivable that lesser mortals can do any better. The Golden Age died with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). He was the only divinely guided person.
So here's my question for the caliphate boys on here. What makes you think you will manage to pull off what the Sahaba could not? Surely we need a secular democracy. Allahu Akbar, the libertarian mujahids will triumph.
@Boqor, @Cognitivedissonance, @DR OSMAN, @The Vampire Bat, @Shamis, @FSMDOA