Arab "Political" "Ummah" & Caliphate in the 21st Century

Submitted by Ludvikus (United States), Jul 6, 2014 at 10:18

Dear Daniel Pipes,

You probably need to explain how untranslatable the Arab and Muslim term "Ummah" is for the Westerner and her languages. Besides your work, there is a French scholar who seems to understand the struggle to integrate Islamic political consciousness in the contemporary world: Mathieu Guidère (I wonder what your views on his mostly work in French are?).

In the mean time, here's the latest news involving the emergence od Arab Islamic IS (=Islamic State):

"What did Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi say?"

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-did-baghdadi-say-320749010

"A Message to the Mujahidin and the Muslim Ummah in the Month of Ramadan"

https://ia902501.us.archive.org/2/items/hym3_22aw/english.pdf

"Caliphate declaration 'heresy', say Islamists scholars"

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/caliphate-declaration-heresy-say-islamists-scholars-1128131391

As can be seen here, even the Muslim Brotherhood, considers Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a.k.a. Khalifah Ibrahim proclamation of his Caliphate to be sacriligious, and al-Qaida is his mortal enemy on similar grounds.

I think it would be strategically very foolish for the USA to intervene in this Arab and Muslim struggle - especially since the Arab world itself is vehemently opposed to the current state of this alleged Caliphate.

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