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Dang it. Here I was, scrolling, scrolling, formulating comments and then I hit Airbornelawyer's post, which covers my comments much more eruditely than I could.
While I think that some Muslims would welcome the establishment of a central authority within Islam, I think there would be significant pushback by many of those in already-influential positions, in part because despite whatever name was given to the office, many would view it as a new incarnation of the caliph.
While admittedly a newbie at this stuff, I find some similarities between Shias and their experience with the Iranian revolution and Central and South American Catholics and their experience with liberation theology.
Airbornelawyer,
In your experience, who wields more influence: scholars or judges?
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