And why is the concept of the Ummah wildly impractical?
see my first post.
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Secondly how is the desire of a populace to see unified community not relevant to current politics? Wouldn't the concept of the OIC show some relevance to the idea?
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'current' relevance. against implying actualization. you may desire a unified community all you want, but it isnt happening now, it isnt relevant to the topics we discuss today. Furthermore you say the concept of OIC shows some relevance, I'd say so does its effectiveness and practical value.
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Interesting you ignore the other two examples, which are more political orientated.
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easier to construct plausible counter-examples. i considered going with african unity for the apartheid thing, but I dont know enough about the topic. Palestine ofcourse has Ummah for it already.
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Regarding the environment discussion, while it may recieve limited tolerance I would highly doubt people would insult those who espouse the idea and ridicule it as well?
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I think if it was once or twice it wouldnt be insulted. if a lot of conferences/discussions on the environment became about perpetual motion machines as the solution, and 'if only perpetual motion machines existed'.. and 'when will we realise we need perpetual motion machines'..you'd see quite a lot of snark. and rightly.