This Week's Evil Islam Thread

[Fragony]

Interestingly, we have seen that Shi'ite states in the past have succeeded in modernising their society quite well. The Buwayhids (or Buyids, however you like it) nearly had a sort of proto-laïcite like state, where religion was not a matter of the state, but rather of the people. The basic tenets of Sunni Islam have some democratic elements in them as well, although that does not make them fully democratic.

Fragony, I recommend "The History of Islamic Political Thought" by professor Antony Black. It's an excellent review of numerous Islamic political concepts ranging from the early Rashidun Caliphate to the present.

There are many openings, but the islam as a political ideoligy is a very recent thing, it is no longer just a spriritual thing. We leave them be and they don't impose on us, sounds good?

@Rory, muslims can integrate, but they will have to burn their ships and get on with it, islam has no place here, muslims do