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45. Are you sure about that? IIRC, one of Osama bin Laden's strategic aims

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 05:40 PM

Feb 2015

was the re-establishment of the Medieval Caliphate from Indonesia to Morocco. Bin Laden was Sunni. I think ISIS (Sunni) has likewise expressed an interest in the same strategic goal.

In the 20th century the reestablishment of the caliphate, although occasionally invoked by Islamists as a symbol of global Islamic unity, was of no practical interest for mainstream Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. It did, however, figure prominently in the rhetoric of violent extremist groups such as al-Qaeda. In June 2014 an insurgent group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL; also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria [ISIS] and the Islamic State [IS]), which had taken control of areas of eastern Syria and western Iraq, declared the establishment of a caliphate with the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliph. Outside of extremist circles, the group’s claim was widely rejected.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/89739/Caliphate

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I don't know... LifeLoveLib Feb 2015 #1

Or leftynyc Feb 2015 #22

If everyone else disagrees with them CJCRANE Feb 2015 #2

hostages held by them have said they don't talk our know JI7 Feb 2015 #3

Sounds like a lot of "Bible beliving Christians" I know. n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #43

What they want to spread is not Islam. yallerdawg Feb 2015 #4

NO. bobclark86 Feb 2015 #8

Well, since the Quran calls for kindness to prisoners... bobclark86 Feb 2015 #5

the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are against them puts them in the category Douglas Carpenter Feb 2015 #6

I found that much more often than not, religion is simply a pretext LanternWaste Feb 2015 #7

I agree BainsBane Feb 2015 #18

Well said, BainsBane. n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #44

well e-cigdub Feb 2015 #9

Islam is most likely very similar to Christianity in that there are many different sects or jwirr Feb 2015 #26

And the KKK isn't about Christianity, right? JoePhilly Feb 2015 #10

Setting the most revered symbol of a religion on fire Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #12

Doesn't matter ... if the OP's logic holds, that is. JoePhilly Feb 2015 #13

Then how about this: YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #19

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The KKK is just the Fraternal Organization of the GOP ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #24

What a stupid and simplistic approach to things maxrandb Feb 2015 #11

Yes, their version of Islam BainsBane Feb 2015 #14

All religion aims to divide, IMO. But just because these monsters say something, don't believe it. randome Feb 2015 #16

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Control and clannishness taken to extremes. randome Feb 2015 #21

If they really wanted to spread Islam they would stop killing Muslims. JaneyVee Feb 2015 #20

Some progressives hate Christianity so much.. Matrosov Feb 2015 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #25

Please provide one example maxrandb Feb 2015 #27

Here are several Matrosov Feb 2015 #39

that talks about the women who choose to wear it JI7 Feb 2015 #49

Just like we're spreading democracy. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2015 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2015 #42

ISIS is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity. Or is it CHRISTIANITY?!! Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #29

The membership of the KKK were typically also members in good standing Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #35

You ancient analogy is far worse. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #37

I think the analogy is as accurate as analogies usually are... LanternWaste Feb 2015 #40

The claims of the most whackjob of any philosophy or religion should be taken with a grain of salt stevenleser Feb 2015 #30

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What's surprising about people using religion to gain power? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #31

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Proofreading is your friend: "Their," not "they're". "Caliphate," not "califate" (which would be KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #34

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Unrec. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #36

Only Shi'ites believe in the caliphate. KamaAina Feb 2015 #41

Are you sure about that? IIRC, one of Osama bin Laden's strategic aims KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #45

Perhaps not KamaAina Feb 2015 #46

One problem with making categorical statements about Islam, Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #47

Very interesting (and important) wrinkle - thanks for the annotation! I learned something KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #50

gosh H2O Man Feb 2015 #48