The Reunited Caliphate - Has this become a problem?

Just some links to a interesting, or just plain arresting, idea.

• TCSDaily (1/18/2006) - How Many Divisions Has the Caliph?
• TCSDaily (3/2/2006) - The Caliphate's Rebirth?
• Washington Post (1/14/2006) - Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical

And a good book on the history involved - A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - by David Fromkin.

Quote from the WP article - “Why do you keep invading Muslim countries?” The man continued, “I won’t live to see it, and my children won’t, but one day maybe my children’s children will see someone declare himself the caliph, like the pope, and have an impact.”

Washington Post

TCS Daily