Quote:Shariah, Islamic supremacy, and the declaration of a caliphate are not opposed positions. They are all aspects of jihad.


In the case of a caliphate it provides credibility or proof that the orthodoxy is true and that the leaders there of are to be believed and followed. That why you see the conversions of so many foreign fighters. It would be the equivelant of a Christian leader walking on water.


It provides direct incentive for jihad to spread Shariah.

See it is comments like this that confuse me.  To me, Sharia is a legal system based on Islamic belief that is applied by the government in a given area. Islamic Supremacy is the believe that Islam is superior to all other religions and that other religions must be made subordinate. The Caliphate is .. hmm, maybe the grandiose envisioning of something like the Ottoman empire? Or maybe the Arab homeland that Lawrence promised prior to Sykes-Picot? And the whole equivalency of some fighters grabbing some turf to a person defying the laws of physics ..well, gonna let that go for now. But I didn't see you address the questions concerning your comments about the 1.6 billion. Are you saying that if we defeat the flavor of the month (ISIS) things are peachy? Ore do we need to blow up all 1.6 billion? Are they all believers in Islamic Supremacy according to your view? or do they support Sharia in their country, but are not planning to try to convert the world to Islam through violence? Just trying to get a handle on what you are saying.

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