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Originally Posted by Jimbo
Your last post was wrong on many counts. See this webpage for an exploration of the subject you are talkig about. |
Just read that, and I don't have any dispute with his points. But I don't think it's different from what I'm saying either. The particulars of the militant Islamists politics are new, and for sure are influenced by the Revolution, 19th c. European nationalism, and others. No disagreement there.
But as the website says, even before the
'ulama the political and religious life of Muslims were inseperable. Historically, the Islamic world has been ruled by a Caliph who was conjointly the religious and political authority, as the two were viewed as one indifferentiable approach to life. This is emblematic of the unity of politics and religion I am referring to. In this kind of society, I personally think there is limited value in viewing the politics apart from the religion.