Decidedly NOT! This ideology/dogmatic doctrine, whatever you want to call it (just don't dare legitimize it and call it a "madhab", for that it is not), has been around for about a quarter of a century. Don't fall for their clever marketing euphemisms. The fact they call themselves something does not imply they are precisely that! Many of the things they have been at war against take their noble root from that same period in time, and furthermore, from the same people!
britexpat -> Again, Islamic empire-building. However, it is absolutely ridiculous. There's no chance of Arab unity, on anything. If there is no muslim unity among the 30% of the muslim world that speaks one language and is clearly genetically related, how do they honestly expect to bring it about among the rest of us? They know this full well, so they have been satisfied enough with their "regions of influence".
Stone Cold -> It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice these things. I'm not trying to be condescending to you, and I understand, most muslims go through great pains to hide their internal dirty laundry and petty bickering. But deep underneath the disagreements in not only foreign policy, but fundamental ideology exist, have existed, and little is being done to correct them. In fact in the last 20 years it has gone public in a most brutal manner, ancient wounds have been ripped open and salt is being poured into them by the truckload. "The evil west" tirade is mainly a comfortable diversion, much like "the evil muslims" are a favourite and universal tool for the real problems that exist in the west. Scapegoats are very convenient in policy making.
Decidedly NOT! This ideology/dogmatic doctrine, whatever you want to call it (just don't dare legitimize it and call it a "madhab", for that it is not), has been around for about a quarter of a century. Don't fall for their clever marketing euphemisms. The fact they call themselves something does not imply they are precisely that! Many of the things they have been at war against take their noble root from that same period in time, and furthermore, from the same people!
britexpat -> Again, Islamic empire-building. However, it is absolutely ridiculous. There's no chance of Arab unity, on anything. If there is no muslim unity among the 30% of the muslim world that speaks one language and is clearly genetically related, how do they honestly expect to bring it about among the rest of us? They know this full well, so they have been satisfied enough with their "regions of influence".
Stone Cold -> It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice these things. I'm not trying to be condescending to you, and I understand, most muslims go through great pains to hide their internal dirty laundry and petty bickering. But deep underneath the disagreements in not only foreign policy, but fundamental ideology exist, have existed, and little is being done to correct them. In fact in the last 20 years it has gone public in a most brutal manner, ancient wounds have been ripped open and salt is being poured into them by the truckload. "The evil west" tirade is mainly a comfortable diversion, much like "the evil muslims" are a favourite and universal tool for the real problems that exist in the west. Scapegoats are very convenient in policy making.