Re: Who should Muslims learn from?
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Wrong we must try to follow the examples of our holy prophet peace be upon him & the Pious Caliphs & try to create a state like they created in Medina (it is an impossible goal which cannot be achieved in its entirety but we should strive for it as much as possible)..., & develop a society as they did...,
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That has been attempted numerous times and has failed each time it has been tried in modern times. What worked in 650 simply does not work in 2009. Do you see any Christians talking about going back to the society of 2,000 years ago when Jesus was around or Buddhists talking about going back even farther to Buddha's time? This obsession with creating a 7th century utopia in the 21st century is crippling much of the OIC. The previous poster mentioned Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Those were attempts to do what you say, as is Iran, as was Algeria, as is Sudan, as was part of Malaysia, part of Nigeria,