by MEMRI
Everyone From Al-Azhar Scholars To Salafis And Jihadis Yearn For Return Of Caliphate – But Those Were Dark Bloody Times 'From Day One To The Ottoman Caliphate, May Allah Curse It'
The following clip is from MEMRI's Counter-Radicalization Initiative.
In an address on the Egyptian
Al-Kahera Wal-Nas TV, Egyptian Islamic researcher and TV host Islam
Behery said, with regard to the Salafi desire to restore the Caliphate:
'Who are you kidding? The days of the Caliphate were all dark times.'
The statements aired on November 24, 2014.
Following are excerpts:
Islam Behery: "Can the
Islam of today be compared to that of the days of the Prophet Muhammad?
Absolutely not. The Islam of the time of the Prophet Muhammad was
completely different. It was an Islam unburdened by the weight and filth
of the books of tradition. I at talking about real filth.
[...]
"Forget
everything written in the books about society in the days of the
Prophet. The massacre of the Banu Qurayza tribe, supposedly the number
one massacre in history... If you read about it, you would think that
10,000 people were killed, every boy who had reached puberty was
slaughtered, and the women were enslaved, and so on... Is this mentioned
even once in the Quran?
[...]
"Today, they
are all happy that the Caliphate is about to return, as if the days of
the Caliphate were good. Who are you kidding? The days of the Caliphate
were all dark times, from day one to the Ottoman Caliphate, may Allah
curse it. This dark bloody history of ours was referred to by the poet
Sharif Razi as 'our blood-red past.' The Caliphate collapsed, Allah be
praised. Can you even imagine… Forget about the crazy people of ISIS,
the notion of restoring the Caliphate appears in the literature of all
of them. Ask anyone – an Al-Azhar scholar, a Salafi, a jihadi, a devil –
and they will say: 'May the Caliphate be restored one day.' May this
day never come!"
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