01:790:472 Lecture 4: Hw blog Feb 12 religion and politics

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Islam and governance seem to have a deep history that started with the prophet. In order to preach islam he needed a base of power and in order to achieve that he needed to become statesmen. It is said that he did his job as leader and king but without the lavish lifestyle many were custom to. He lived modestly and went about his business without need for reinforcement to his ego. He welded together different tribes and people to create one people under allah. This is in stark contrast to the islamic governments that we see today. For example in saudi arabia the royal family lives a life of extraordinary luxury and splendor. They don"t live a life similar to that of muhammad. Furthermore the splits in islam have lead to a multitude of bloodshed especially between the two largest sects of shia and sunni.

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