Something to think about. Is it possible that all Islamic states could be joined into one huge theocratic one

Question

Far fetched.Maybe not. The Islamic religion is generally speaking, made up of two sects. The Sunni about 85% and the Shia 15% of the populations.They consist of benign but absolute monarchies, dictatorships both military and otherwise, pseudo democracies and democracies and at least one theocracy and Iraq.

The shias are by far the largest sect in Iran (almost 100%) and the majority of muslims in Iraq are Shias.The Shias hold their Imams as infallible but the Sunni do not hold that view of their religious leaders.

The two sects are not always friendly to each other. In fact there have been times when there is violence between them, especially Sunni against Shia There have been huge killing sprees over religion. Note that right now each sect is massacering the other in Iraq for whatever reason.

But right now something has changed. Hezbollah (Shia)has joined forces with Hamas (Sunni). Sunni Syria is helping Shia Hezbolla.

Iran is trying for the bomb. Muslim Pakistan has it.

After faulting Hezbollah at first in the Israel/Lebanon problem that is going on, the Sunni nations are now siding with Hezbollah

A single Islamic theocracy could stretch across the entirety of North Africa.the Middle East including Turkey, Pakistan,Indonesia,Philippines, Central Africa and some countries along the south border of Russia.

Far fetched. I think not.

Incidentally, I just heard on C.N.N. that there are U.S. warships with hundreds of marines laying offshore of Beirut to help supposedly evacuate nationals. This could be looked on as a pretext and just plain old gunboat diplomacy.

Answer 1

~Why not? It's been slowly happening in the U.S. since 1981 when religious groups and PAC's began funding and lobbying the Republican administrations, and voters began chosing their elected officials according to the candidate's position on abortion, prayer in school and gay rights rather than on the candidate's ability to govern.

What was once a great republic, in which our forefathers, deliberately and wisely, mandated the separation of church and state, is becoming a theocracy of right wing Christians. Pity the majority of Americans who are a melting pot of mainstream Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, agnostics, atheists and others, who will have to live in a society ruled by the minority.

All theocracies throughout history have claimed moral righteousness...and then began the persecutions of those who thought otherwise.

Answer 2

In theory, it would be possible for all of the Islamic Middle East to become a Islamic Theocracy. But in practice, there would be many many problems to resolve. First, there is the evident hatred of some radicals, like Al-Zqawi, the late Iraqi terrorist leader. He was quoted as having said that he would kill any Muslim who did not agree with his brand of Islam. And I am sure he is not the only one. Sunni and Shiite have cooperated in the past; but since Iraq is on the verge of a civil war between these two sects, a unification seems impossible at this time. Secondly, there is the matter of national sovereignty. Few nations are willing to give up their leadership, their form of government and their national identity without a pretty good reason. I do not see enough agreement in the Arab states to make me believe this is even vaguely possible at the moment. Thirdly, there is the problem of the West. Some of the Arab Sunnis are favorable to the West, probably because we are such good customers for their oil. And many Arabs want to trade with the West for the commodities the Arabs to not make (cars, computers, medical technology, etc). Others do not want Western technology; this rift is not likely to go away soon, either.
There may be yet other reasons, but these three convince me that a possible Arab union is very unlikely in the near future, and not too probable at all.

Answer 3

It is time to have unity among muslims to protect there own lives and support others who is threatened by others.For that it is necessary to promote democracy among muslim states. A revolution is needed for that. Muslims constitute 25% of population can easily overcome the threat of 15 million jew population.

Answer 4

No chance. If the Islamic states actually supported the Palestinian people they'd be settled in Dubai and Riyadh etc. instead of refugee camps. The Arabs and Persians don't necessarily get along either.

Answer 5

It is as probable as that all non-Muslims (all other religions) merge into a monolithic body. The Muslim world is no less divided and diversified than the non-Muslim religions.

Answer 6

It is more a case of a 'common enemy' as in 'my enemies enemy is my friend'