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Migrant Muslim leaders should bow out : Comments
By Irfan Yusuf, published 14/11/2005Irfan Yusuf argues radical extremist Muslim leaders have the funding to turn young Muslims' heads.
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"IN a recent article in the Guardian titled "The return of the caliphate", Osama Saeed argues that the restoration of the caliphate to unite the Muslim world is a desirable goal. In support of his argument, he cites the success of the European Union and the United States in forging political and economic unions.
He conveniently forgets that both his examples are secular entities, whereas the caliph derived his authority from his designation as God's vice-regent on earth. He also glosses over the inconvenient history of the caliphate which saw much intrigue and bloodshed. Indeed, after the sack of Baghdad by Halaku in 1258, the reigning caliph Khalifa Mustasim was killed, and his surviving Abbasid relatives sought refuge in Cairo. His uncle was appointed caliph in the Mamluk capital....."
At: http://www.dawn.com/weekly/mazdak/mazdak.htm
Daily Times, Mahathir bin Mohamad, 11 November 2005
"Many Muslims still condemn the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kamal, because he tried to modernise his country. But would Turkey be Muslim today without Ataturk? Mustafa Kamal's clear-sightedness saved Islam in Turkey and saved Turkey for Islam. Children often play a game where they sit in a circle. One whispers something to his neighbour, who then whispers that information to the next child, and so on, around the circle. By the time the last child whispers the information to the first, it is totally different from what was originally said. Something like that seems to have happened within Islam. The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, brought one - and only one - religion. Yet today we have perhaps a thousand religions that all claim to be Islam...."
At: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2005\11\11\story_11-11-2005_pg3_