"In the end, under the Abassid caliphs, the Muslim Persians came into command of the whole movement. They swept away the patriarchal system Muhammad had known and designed for his polity in favor of a new, monarchial, conquering system, which completely forgot the democracy that was one of the Prophet's most basic doctrines."
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11/17/2008 9:24:46 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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