I'd like to make the observation that the president of the United States has recently been citing his administration's objections on the Islamic caliphate. Very few people in this country, indeed in Christianity, understand what the caliphate is. For Christianity to defy and deny the caliphate is the same to them as them defying and denying the pope to Christianity. The caliphate defines Islamic law in the same way the pope defines Christian law. So, any approach to this situation which does not include the caliphate's existence is not only culturally insensitive but is also naive and unrealistic.
The succession of the caliphate is what the majority of sectarian violence between the Sunni's in the Shia's has always been about. And no one can tell me that the establishment of the Vatican and the Pope was not a bloody stain on Christian history. When that travesty of justice to mankind took place, Christianity had free rein in the world to establish the prevailing view of its hierarchy within its own system. Today, a so-called secular " Superpower ", which by the way proudly proclaims Christianity to be its guiding conscience, if you will, feels the right to step in and settled this dispute by denying the caliphate completely. They know that the general public does not understand what the caliphate is and try to obscure the issue by lumping it into terroristic activity.
Monotheism as whole has completely missed the mark on the issue of spirituality. They try to cloak spirituality with religion which is by definition dogmatic and intolerant. This very intolerance is what fuels the unification of the clashing parties against the forces that deny the issue that is at the very core of their belief. Christians against Christians, Muslims against Muslims, Christians against Muslims, and Muslims against Christians. Infighting, bitterness, human-rights violations, and murder all in the name of God.
When any party refuses to acknowledge the core fundamental beliefs of the people, and refuses to sit down at the table to discuss their differences without condition can yield very little influence on people who are fighting for their core beliefs. And how could they?
The issue of the caliphate is going to have to be settled within the Islamic community. Of course, this negotiation should be facilitated in any way possible and the parties exhorted to settle their differences without violence.
This so-called war on terrorism is reminiscent of the war on drugs. All flash and little or no substance. It is simply a rallying cry to keep the audience in fear and supportive and to keep the money flowing. Terrorism, on the other hand, could be called a war on a capitalist corporatism that invades and occupies the homes of innocent people for political and material gain. I am certain that those " innocent people " who have lost so much wishes that all of the warring parties would just go home and let them live their lives. Capitalist corporatism has no constituent save its' investor and the bottom dollar.
It is clear that the vast majority of parties in Christianity and Islam abhor the use of murder and destruction by anyone. When all parties of aggression get inline with this idea, the stage will be set for real progress towards peace.
The real aggressor in all this is corporate capitalism. Corporate capitalism, much like the United States government, has little or no system of accountability for failed policies and for the actions of its leaders. And the hopes, dreams and fears of people is their greatest weapon. Common people have no representation between warring parties. But they always pay the heaviest price.
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