running dogg wrote:
> What if the nascent Islamic empire decoupled religious and political
> authority?
Man, I love all the post 9/11 coffee table crap, which makes people
think they know something about Islam.
The short answer to your question is just that you're wrong.
The longer answer is something like what can be found here:
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.history.what-if/browse_frm/thread/242dc1d03f72ae36/a0e31436f0dbf7c5?q=taqlid&rnum=1#a0e31436f0dbf7c5
Which actually deals with real Islam, rather than the Chris
Hitchens-Tom Friedman school of Islamic studies.
Cheers
L
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