Will the Middle East Implode?

[georgephillip]

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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”

Quote by Voltaire Those who can make you believe absurdities can...

 

[Rikurzhen]

This is how it flows in normal societies:
Tribal --> Religious --> Nationalist

And this is how it flows in the ME:
Tribal --> Religious --> Tribal --> Religious ....

Look at the Catholic Church's crackdown on cousin marriage and the absence of such a reforming power in the lands of Mohammedans. Once you understand the dynamics and appeal of cousin marriage and how this fits well with tribal cultures, then you'll be well on your way to understanding what's taking place in MENA.

 

[georgephillip]

From one year ago comes this right-wing perspective on the implosion of the Middle East:

"One persistent narrative attributes the region’s disorder to Western colonialism and imperialism.

"The intrusion of European colonial powers into the region, the story goes, disrupted the native social and political institutions, imposing in their place racist norms and alien values that demeaned Muslims as the 'other' and denigrated their culture to justify the exploitation of resources and markets.

"This process culminated after World War I in the dismantling of the caliphate, and the creation of Western-style nation-states that ignored the traditional ethnic and sectarian identities of the region.

"As a result, resentment and anger at colonial occupation and exploitation erupted in Islamist jihadism against the oppressor.

"The Islamists themselves have found this narrative a convenient pretext for their violence, thus reinforcing this explanation for some Westerners.

"The most important jihadist theorist, the Egyptian Sayyid Qutb, wrote, 'It is necessary to revive the Muslim community which is buried under the debris of the man-made traditions of several generations, and which is crushed under the weight of those false laws and customs which are not even remotely related to the Islamic teachings.'”

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