To: CobaltBlue
The Caliphate, which united Shia and Sunni under one leader, only ended 80 years ago. ... They've thrown aside their differences in the past, what holds them back from doing so again? I'm guessing the answer to that would be 'A lack of Ottoman armies to force them to throw aside their differences'
283 posted on
09/19/2006 8:29:57 PM PDT by
Steel Wolf
(As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
To: Steel Wolf
The Caliphate predates the Ottomans by almost 1000 years.
285 posted on
09/19/2006 8:58:59 PM PDT by
CobaltBlue
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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