I like Beck because of his sense of History. However, this Caliphate business is alarmism carried to an extreme. I don’t think Beck could find one legitimate Middle East scholar in fifty who would support his view. As I have said elsewhere, first you would have to locate the Caliphate, and secondly you would have to name a Caliph. There would be much blood shed before that ever occurred. This, means of course that the Muslim would agree with the Arab, and the Shiite with the Sunni. If you want a reason for my view, just investigate the Organization of the Islamic Conference; it can’t even agree half the time on where to hold its annual meetings.
Regardless of whatever obstacles are in their way, the Caliphate is the express goal of the Muslim Brotherhood. They have been operating since 1928, spawned most of the violent jihadist movements of today and appear to disagree quite vehemently with your assessment.
“I don’t think Beck could find one legitimate Middle East scholar in fifty who would support his view. “
There are millions of muslims who would disagree with those ‘scholars’, assuming those ‘scholars’ would not lie to infidels.