 The Myth of the CaliphateThe Political History of an Idea By Nick Danforth
Western
pundits and nostalgic Muslim thinkers alike have built up a narrative
of the caliphate as an enduring institution, central to Islam and
Islamic thought between the seventh and twentieth centuries. In fact,
the caliphate is a political or religious idea whose relevance has
waxed and waned according to circumstance.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2014-11-19/myth-caliphate?cid=nlc-twofa-20151126&sp_mid=50116164&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=50116164&spUserID=NTA0ODY0NjAzNjcS1&spJobID=803592661&spReportId=ODAzNTkyNjYxS0
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