http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/but_the_empire_isnt_coming_back.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/but_the_empire_isnt_coming_back.html/comment-page-1#comment-5418 Zak Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:11:58 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/but_the_empire_isnt_coming_back#comment-5418 Well in the sense of Sunni Islam ..the nominal Khilafat did provide some structure to the Muslim world..this fragmentation of fatwa makers can in a way be attributed to those days. Well in the sense of Sunni Islam ..the nominal Khilafat did provide some structure to the Muslim world..this fragmentation of fatwa makers can in a way be attributed to those days.

]]> http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/but_the_empire_isnt_coming_back.html/comment-page-1#comment-5417 Tony Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:59:24 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/but_the_empire_isnt_coming_back#comment-5417 I couldn't tell if Osman was tongue-in-cheek when he said that the world would be a better place if the Caliphate were restored. Who knows, or better, who cares? My take from the article is that the the nostalgia among some for a Caliphate is a longing for some faraway time when Muslim communities were stronger in every way. That is essentially a longing for ancient Arab and Ottoman empires, with a trumped up religious rationale. That is not surprising considering the condition of these peoples today -- who wouldn't want a return to a mythic past? However, it would be mighty peculiar for me, a Muslim who is neither Arab nor Turk, to hope for such an empire. I couldn’t tell if Osman was tongue-in-cheek when he said that the world would be a better place if the Caliphate were restored. Who knows, or better, who cares? My take from the article is that the the nostalgia among some for a Caliphate is a longing for some faraway time when Muslim communities were stronger in every way. That is essentially a longing for ancient Arab and Ottoman empires, with a trumped up religious rationale. That is not surprising considering the condition of these peoples today — who wouldn’t want a return to a mythic past? However, it would be mighty peculiar for me, a Muslim who is neither Arab nor Turk, to hope for such an empire.

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