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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy

Turkey is doing well, theres no need for them to try any experiments that could destroy their society

All they have to do is allow more freedom of religion and freedom of expression. The majority of Turks are not in favor of having a new dynasty of Ottoman Emperors, and that sounds like a very radical solution for some problems that are pretty minor and are well on the way to being solved. I can see a place like Saudi Arabia having some big bearded guy with a fanciful title like Amir Al-Mumineen or Khalifa taking power after a violent coup. A movement like that would have alot of traction in Saudi Arabia and alot of popular support too, but Turkey is very different.

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I think many of us, when we think about the Caliphate and the Khalifa, we imagine some bearded yokel with a curved sword lopping off heads and using 7th century dialect. But if we think about it, the Khalifa is likely to be well versed in modernity, bearded he may be, but I doubt he will be of the yokel variety. Remember, Muhammad (saw) was responsible for spearheading a huge social revolution - his ideas were very progressive and radical for the time. He would probably have been viewed as a complete modernist, by his peers. In fact, we know that his peers wanted to maintain the status quo, and stick with how things had always been. To my understanding of this, I imagine our Khalifa will emerge to smash the status quo, to shake things up, and it's not inconceivable that tihs could happen in a modern state like Turkey.