Posted on 07/26/2016 7:16:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Much has been made of the Islamic State’s claim to the caliphate. But the Islamic State is fast losing ground in Syria and Iraq, and without a territorial claim, its claim to the caliphate is a shaky one. According to some sources, ISIS has already been preparing its followers for the fall of the caliphate.
Meanwhile, an Islamist power with a much better claim to the caliphate has been gathering strength. Whether the failed coup in Turkey was the real thing or whether it was staged, as some have claimed, President Erdogan’s hold over the Turkish nation has been immeasurably strengthened. As a result, he is now one giant step closer to doing what, some say, he has always wanted to do—namely, to re-establish the caliphate.
The last time the Muslim world had a caliphate, it was centered in Constantinople. The Turkish sultan (who was also the caliph) was the head of the Ottoman Empire—an empire that controlled far more territory than ISIS does or is ever likely to. Then in 1923, following the disarray left by the First World War, a secular government under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk came to power in Turkey and abolished the caliphate soon after.
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In Turkey, also, it was the military that acted as the guardian of the secular state. And so it remained until the election of President Recep Erdogan in 2002. Even then, Erdogan moved slowly in his efforts to re-Islamize Turkey. He gradually removed top military officers and replaced them with his own men; and he did the same with the police, the judiciary, and other key institutions.
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Makes one wonder if Erdogan sees his caliphate taking over Syria and parts of Iraq.
Gee, for some reason this sounds vaguely familiar.
Kinda funny 'bout the timing, too. Eh?
The nukes in Turkey belong to the USA. I wonder if Turkey will give them back? /s
Who do those turkeys think they are, Pakistan???
That would make such a good lake.
Oh yes, of course!
One city at a time.
..And take a look at Erdogan’s new 1,000 room Presidential Palace...
Obama is jealous of that place.
He’s literally gunning to be the new Caliph.
Turkey is going to accomplish over night what Iran has been trying to do for decades.
The more things change... d;^)
Great article. But
Makes me sick
We know who lost Iran and 0 will loose Turkey. Get the nucs out now.
No one becomes the caliph unless the muslim brotherhood says so. The muslim brotherhood is and has been in Turkey.
Turkey is the one that can pull a real Caliphate off .
Sunni Islam sees Bashar al-Assad as the precursor of the Mahdi , they believe if they take him down the Mahdi will appear. Shia Islam believes that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the precursor to the Mahdi and if he is killed off the Mahdi will appear.
The muslim brotherhood is looking for a man that carries the name Hussein to lead their fake religious junk because of what their hadiths say.
Turkey turning pure Islamic is purely terrible for the entire middle east and Europe .
It matters not that those nukes in Turkey belong to us or the Turks . It only matters who is guarding them , gives those orders to guard them and that the Turks never get their hands on them .
I heard those nukes are no longer there , I hope so for the worlds sake because falling into their hands would be a horrible thing instantly . Nothing like the cold war with Russian who at least no matter how insane they were did not live with a death wish.
This election matters a lot , a Clinton in charge , just like an Obama in charge would make it a lot easier for the insane savages to go nuclear .
Even if there are no nukes in Turkey you still have to seriously consider that Pakistan does have them. A real caliph means a real leader that united the muslim world and they will all pay him bay’at which means those Paki nukes will be at the beckon call of whatever lunatic is in charge.
And now all of those Muslim refugees throughout Europe will become loyal to Turkey over their host nations.
[And now all of those Muslim refugees throughout Europe will become loyal to Turkey over their host nations. ]
They already are . The leftists nuts that run Europe are blind and keep telling themselves that this invasion is going to be good for them.
For the most part a lot of the muslims in Europe just want to have a decent life . A caliphate changes that instantly , they all know it means one thing for them . They have to pledge bay’at to him and do what he wants or they are just as dead as every infidel around them.
Probaby not. If turkey refuses to let us pull them out, or tries to take them, I say detonate them in place. Not destroy them, DETONATE them, all at once. Oh, and dial them up to max yield before we do.
Walid Shoebat has been saying for years now Erdogan is the Antichrist and Turkey will be the center of a new caliphate.
This doesn’t hurt his argument any, that is for sure.
Erdogan has been following the Hitler playbook to a “T”.
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