All that I can say is I hope to God that The Persian Cataphract leaves something of you left behind .
Fact is I think thats him sharpening his ax .
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All that I can say is I hope to God that The Persian Cataphract leaves something of you left behind .
Fact is I think thats him sharpening his ax .
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Originally Posted by russia almighty
who me?
i didnt think the persian cataphract was a big fan of islam.
pan-arabism/arab nationalism on the other hand has always had a problem with persians.
Its not just "semantics." I don't see how I was playing word games or using technicalities to my advantage by taking "what you said" as "what you meant."Quote:
Originally Posted by KARTLOS
Not every single element of Pan-Arabism is totally evil. Much like other political/social philosophies it has some good (political secularism, anti-colonialism, political/social independence, etc.) and some bad (too militant, sometimes too secularist, etc.).
In addition, I was under the impression that Egypt remained not only a center of education, but also important center of cultural exchange and trade. Hell, Egypt was the center of the Fatimid dynasty's power.
yes i think things like secularism were to be admired- yet they are not exlusive to pan-arabism.
on the negative side - well you could say the regimes in iraq, syria and egypt are its ideological descendants.
if you compare the progress of asian countries like south korea and malaysia it is noticable how poorly the arab states have fared.