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2006-03-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2006-03-06 12:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The absence of the caliphate has handed us over to our enemies, the colonialist and evil Western countries who have undermined our spiritual force..."

It's good to know that that the West is "undermining their spiritual force". If it's that easy to shake...

Posted by Jules 2006-03-06 14:58|| 2006-03-06 14:58|| Front Page Top

#2 ...and evil Western countries who have undermined our spiritual force.

Sounds like we've been stealing their precious bodily fluids.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-03-06 17:37|| 2006-03-06 17:37|| Front Page Top

#3 The British obtained a fatwa from the muslim ulema in India that declared the Ottoman caliphate as illegitimate since they were not the rightful heirs of the prophet.

This fatwa still stands....

Prior to this, the Padishahs e Hind (the Emperors of India) did not see themselves as beholden to any self styled Turkish caliph.

They were the rightful rulers of their lands and the muslim clerics were beholden to them..

Their legitimacy derived from the right of conquest. They were the "House of Timur", the first Mogul emperor Babur was descended fom Timur (Tamerlane), himself descended from Genghis Khan.

Likewise the Persian Shahanshah, considered by his Shia subjects to be the rightful Caliph...

Posted by john 2006-03-06 19:39|| 2006-03-06 19:39|| Front Page Top

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