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There are key differences though and for what it's worth I would feel the same about a medieval-era Catholic monarchy as I do about an Islamic state. Islam has
by ng12 10y ago
There are key differences though and for what it's worth I would feel the same about a medieval-era Catholic monarchy as I do about an Islamic state. Islam has many unique concepts -- Sharia, jihad, the Calpihate -- that make it fundamentally difficult to compare to most other world religions. Mohammad was a prophet first, but he was also a conqueror and a statesman.
- dragonwriter 10y ago"Sharia" is just religious law. It is not particularly a unique feature to Islam, though religious law and religious courts have declined in the West over the last few centuries and now mostly are confined to dealing with members of their own religion, and usually lack the backing of the State or State-like power (though that's not universally the case, and is more a regional diffference that correlates with religion than a religious difference.) "Jihad" has a close parallel in "Crusade", in both the violent and non-violent senses each term has within their respective religious communities. I'll give you caliphate as somewhat unique, and at least without a close parallel in mainstream modern Christianity.
- devdas 10y agoPapacy?
- dragonwriter 10y agoNot really the same thing, which is kind of the central point behind the Holy Roman Empire.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoSpeaking as a Christian, people will jump through all kinds of hoops to exempt Christians from the horrible bits of the Bible while insisting that all Muslims are bound by the horrible bits of the Koran.