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It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam.
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam.
Nope, no political intent there at all. Not from the get-go, through the era of expansion/conquest, and certainly not up until modern times.

Quote:Origins of Islam as a political movement are to be found in the life and times of Islam's prophet Muhammad and his successors. In 622 CE, in recognition of his claims to prophethood, Muhammad was invited to rule the city of Medina. At the time the local Arab tribes of Aus and Khazraj dominated the city, and were in constant conflict. Medinans saw in Muhammad an impartial outsider who could resolve the conflict. Muhammad and his followers thus moved to Medina, where Muhammad drafted the Medina Charter. This document made Muhammad the ruler, and recognized him as the Prophet of Allah. The laws Muhammad established during his rule, based on the revelations of the Quran and doing of Muhammad, are considered by Muslims to be Sharia or Islamic law, which Islamic movements seek to establish in the present day. Muhammad gained a widespread following and an army, and his rule expanded first to the city of Mecca and then spread through the Arabian peninsula through a combination of diplomacy and military conquest.

Today many Islamist or Islamic democratic parties exist in almost every democracy with a Muslim majority. Many militant Islamic groups are also working in different parts of world. The controversial term Islamic fundamentalism has also been coined by some non-Muslims to describe the political and religious philosophies of some militant Islamic groups. Both of these terms (Islamic democracy and Islamic fundamentalism) lump together a large variety of groups with varying histories, ideologies and contexts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_aspects_of_Islam
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It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Newtonscat - January 13, 2015 at 8:00 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by robvalue - January 13, 2015 at 8:20 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Lucanus - January 13, 2015 at 8:35 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by vorlon13 - January 13, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - January 13, 2015 at 1:02 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Tonus - February 6, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 1:07 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Raven - January 13, 2015 at 1:10 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Mudhammam - February 5, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Raven - January 13, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by JesusHChrist - January 13, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 4:40 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Raven - January 13, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 13, 2015 at 1:54 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Raven - January 14, 2015 at 7:07 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - January 14, 2015 at 7:48 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by ManMachine - January 14, 2015 at 8:28 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - January 14, 2015 at 1:01 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by JesusHChrist - January 14, 2015 at 1:37 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 1:15 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by robvalue - January 14, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - January 14, 2015 at 2:29 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 3:04 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 14, 2015 at 3:37 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - January 15, 2015 at 6:39 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 15, 2015 at 7:12 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - January 16, 2015 at 5:28 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 16, 2015 at 8:45 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Mudhammam - January 17, 2015 at 3:19 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 17, 2015 at 9:16 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 14, 2015 at 6:03 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 15, 2015 at 1:13 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by JesusHChrist - January 15, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Mudhammam - January 14, 2015 at 6:33 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 7:38 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 14, 2015 at 9:31 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - January 15, 2015 at 7:21 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 15, 2015 at 9:33 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - January 15, 2015 at 11:13 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - January 16, 2015 at 2:38 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by JesusHChrist - January 20, 2015 at 11:41 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by robvalue - January 27, 2015 at 5:27 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - February 3, 2015 at 7:12 pm
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - February 5, 2015 at 5:42 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Mudhammam - February 5, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - February 5, 2015 at 6:31 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - February 5, 2015 at 6:37 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - February 5, 2015 at 6:51 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - February 5, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - February 5, 2015 at 7:39 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - February 6, 2015 at 6:32 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - February 6, 2015 at 7:59 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by robvalue - February 6, 2015 at 8:22 am
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RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - March 13, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - March 14, 2015 at 5:57 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - March 13, 2015 at 10:49 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Rayaan - March 13, 2015 at 11:15 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - March 14, 2015 at 12:30 am
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Brian37 - March 13, 2015 at 11:15 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by pocaracas - March 16, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: It wasn't Mohammed who founded Islam. - by Minimalist - March 16, 2015 at 9:09 pm
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