padib said:
Samus Aran said:
No, a khalif is a religious and worldly leader of a community.
According to Wiki: "A caliphate (Arabic: خِلافة khilāfa) is a form of Islamic government led by a caliph (Arabic: خَليفة khalīfah  pronunciation (help·info))—a person who claims to be a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim community.[1]"
I know people often mock wikipedia, but they're correct in this. ;)
I never said that the killings of ISIS are purely religious in nature. I'm saying that religion and politics go hand in hand in the Middle East.
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I don't see how that contradicts what I said. There could be two pretending Khalfs in parallel, you do know that?
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A khalif is much more than just a religious leader, even from the very first khalif in history this was already established. Politics and religion are intertwined in Islam. That's a BIG reason why there are so many conflicts there.
In Europe there was always a seperation between state and Christianity (even though Christianity had a lot of political influence until the 20th century).
