Sure, the ABC does not support the alleged caliphate established by the Islamic State’s terrorists. They’re not that crazy. But how about a nice caliphate, the ABC’s Encounter program asks: Does Islam need a Caliphate? The extravagant brutality of the IS group in Syria and Iraq has Muslims worldwide saying that if this is the restored Caliphate, we want no part of it. But what about the idea of a “proper” pan-Islamic polity, established and run according to Koranic principles? How might it work – and how likely is it to happen? This week we look at the past, present and possible future of the Caliphate. A whole range of people are interviewed, or not: Paul Heck Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Shakira Hussein Research Fellow at the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne Mirja Ramzan Sharif National External Affairs Secretary, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Australia Uthman Badar Media representative, Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia Salman Sayyid Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Leeds Hey, another platform for Hizb ut-Tahrir, which refuses to condemn the Islamic State, preaches Jew hatred, calls for the destruction of Israel and tells the West is at war with Islam. None of that stuff is mentioned, of course. Still, it’s nice to hear Hizb ut-Tahrir ensure us that establishing a world-wide caliphate “does not necessarily mean war”. We could just surrender peacefully, I guess. Other certain negatives of living under a caliphate are not mentioned either. A Jewish or Yazidi guest might have helped there.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:20:26 +0000
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