Quote:I am not asking you to speculate. I am asking you tell us about Islam and add a few details to what you have already explained.
Islam does provide guidance on this, right? Or were you making it up as you went along?
I am no fortune teller. The foreign policy would be dictated by the times and circumstances.
Quote:Is the west justified in interfering in middle eastern politics to prevent the return of the Caliphate, given its inevitably violent foreign policy? Would a true Caliphate make the Americans look like boy scouts in comparison?
Judging by the violent reaction to Western interference, no. They'd be much better off getting their dirty little paws out of the hive.
Anyway you obviously don't have much of a working knowledge of the Caliphate, and it's history do you? Are you aware for instance that the Caliphate allied with Britain for much of the time they both existed together? Do you not know about the Crimean war, where British and Caliphate soldiers fought side by side?
Muslim hostility towards the West (the British realm) did not begin until the 1940's.. and I think we all know what the British did during that time to incite that opposition. The Americans have further exasperated it, but what's clear is the hostility was created by the Western interference.
Whether the West is ever going to accept responsibility for that or not is probably a better indicator of the kind of relationship the West and the impending Caliphate will share. We are forging that relationship now... not doing a good job of it so far though are we?
The reconstitution of the Caliphate is inevitable, it's not a matter of if, but when. Attacking and trying to eradicate it, is only going to lead to getting off on the wrong foot. I honestly don't think the West can afford that.