Religion and the State in Islam: From Medieval Caliphate to the Muslim Brotherhood

A lecture with Columbia University Professor, Richard Bulliet. Sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and the Religious Studies Department at the University of Denver. Professor Bulliet is a Professor of History at Columbia and author of numerous books on the Middle East and Islam, including "Islam: The View from the Edge" (1993) and "The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization" (2004). Bulliet's lecture at DU, introduced and moderated by Religious Studies Professor, Andrea Stanton (a former graduate advisee of his), delves into the contentious history and historiography surrounding the subject of "Islam and the state". The lecture took place on February 18, 2013.

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  • @rubenjames7345
    @rubenjames73453 жыл бұрын

    While I am no expert in Islamic practice, I have read quite a bit on the subject. This is the first lecture that I've listened to in a while that really covered new territory for me.

  • @wewenang5167

    @wewenang5167

    2 жыл бұрын

    well this lecture only about Islamic politics, its doesnt not talk about Islamic practice of religion at all.

  • @somaliland3180

    @somaliland3180

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @khalidbashir4017

    @khalidbashir4017

    3 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@wewenang5167yep Einstein

  • @richtusser
    @richtusser7 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky about Western Politics and Bulliet knowlegde about Middle East politics and this history lecture combined would be heavenly.

  • @josiahbennett7573

    @josiahbennett7573

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chomsky worshipped Eqbal Ahmad he is sulfi islam.

  • @peterpart192
    @peterpart1924 жыл бұрын

    Islam has the brightest history of all religons and empires ,i truly love islam.

  • @e-college-sait

    @e-college-sait

    2 жыл бұрын

    it is an Arab history and not an islam history, certainly in the first 200 years there is no islam in sight.

  • @ThePayola123
    @ThePayola12311 жыл бұрын

    Informative as always Professor Bulliet. Please keep it up.

  • @JurijFedorov
    @JurijFedorov8 жыл бұрын

    Such a fantastic talk.

  • @area51xi
    @area51xi2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely mind blowing.

  • @mustafizurrahman2982
    @mustafizurrahman2982 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative, thanks for sharing. - I would like to add one thing, the three Holy cities were probably first under the same ruler in around 637-678 AD when Caliph Umar sieged Jerusalem and was under Muslim Ruler (either Caliph or Sultan From Madinah/Baghdad) until the first Crusade, that happened in 1096-99.

  • @ahmedw5
    @ahmedw510 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and nice lecture.

  • @VM-nc6qz
    @VM-nc6qz5 жыл бұрын

    He is Good,very learned, articulate, intelligent , great sense of humor and finally objective.

  • @mysticaltech
    @mysticaltech7 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic lecture ! This gentlemen really knows his subject.. Thank Goodness.

  • @johnstewart7025
    @johnstewart70255 жыл бұрын

    Listening to him talk about the Arab Spring I and II and perhaps III, I'm reminded of earlier discussions about the demise of European communism. There was Hungary 56, Czechoslovakia 68, Solidarity in Poland and finally the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  • @gk-qf9hv
    @gk-qf9hv3 жыл бұрын

    The Imam is not in Bermuda triangle. He is playing backgamen together with Jesus in a cafe in Manhatten.

  • @herzwatithink9289
    @herzwatithink928910 жыл бұрын

    I like Ms Stanton's exaggerated blinking

  • @asianafroislander1143
    @asianafroislander1143 Жыл бұрын

    Laws & Politics thru out Islamic history till those Arab Springs movements .. From perspective of Professor Richard Bullet .. Largely informative particularly when comparing Islamic systems and western systems to govern our daily lives. 😉 FOR THOSE HUNGRY/THIRSTY FOR KNOWLEDGE 👌

  • @matthewkelly2399
    @matthewkelly23995 жыл бұрын

    good stuff

  • @gk-qf9hv
    @gk-qf9hv3 жыл бұрын

    At 1:14:05 he said "in Iran nobody intervened". What he really meant is " the states did not intervene" :))

  • @takiyaazrin7562
    @takiyaazrin75627 жыл бұрын

    Hello Professor Stanton

  • @lifelessperson1993
    @lifelessperson19932 жыл бұрын

    The Ottoman empire was the caliphate. Prof. Bulliet is exactly as he titles his book 'fringe' and viewing from the edge looking inward from an outward position as a foreigner, the exact same way people who live in North Korea or Russia might see the West and try to describe it. Listen to him only to know how the West messed up the situation in the Middle East but his professorships not withstanding he knows nothing else on the topic. He gets a number of things inaccurate or wrong. Though he may get some things right, take his words with a grain of salt.

  • @wewenang5167
    @wewenang51672 жыл бұрын

    I love how American pronounce Why, When, Who, Where, White...they always emphasize the WH! :D

  • @musahyussifyussif2133
    @musahyussifyussif213310 ай бұрын

    Improve the audio, i can hardly hear you.

  • @mknine6180
    @mknine6180 Жыл бұрын

    In Islam it's well understood that the caliphate is not a birth right as the prophet did not declare that his son's should rule after him. there's no divine authority given to anyone besides the prophets. And by the actions of the rightly guided companions of the prophet the matter should be considered amongs the learned and they should appoint someone from amongst themselves and pick the best person for the job as the companions did, the fact that later down the line some of the caliphs decided to appoint their sons doesn't mean that it's a birth right. Shia is a tiny minority of Muslims who's beliefs are not based on the traditional understanding rather it was a political movement which turned in to religious movement. The reason there isn't a caliph is because the Muslims are fractured by nationalism and there have been attempts to unify but the Americans intervened

  • @talhaismail1713
    @talhaismail1713 Жыл бұрын

    the caliphate(khilafat) only last 30years after the death of prophet(peace be upon him). after those 30 years there is begining of kingdom there was a king not a caliph afterwards until the end of empire ....

  • @khanofcaledonia6413
    @khanofcaledonia64134 ай бұрын

    Was it not John Locke who said why can't Europe coexist like how the Ottomans has been inclusive. Per Roy Casagranda said in one if his talk, the majority of subjects in Muslim lands were non-Muslims. So there's no restriction in the scriptures for being inclusive, it actually encourages it.

  • @rollbac
    @rollbac Жыл бұрын

    Watch the Austin school channel.

  • @khanofcaledonia6413
    @khanofcaledonia64134 ай бұрын

    Also are all equal in case of civil law.

  • @qo3398
    @qo33984 ай бұрын

    I haven't watched the video but I got fascinated by the title as it says from the Rashidun Caliphate to the Islamic Brotherhood which I totally disagree with. If you ask the majority of people in the Arab / Islamic world you'll find that they don't support the Islamic Brotherhood because they do not represent Islam correctly and from personal experience I could say that they use Islam as a tool for political goals and I hope that nobody actually believes that they are some kind of inheritors of the Islamic culture and I know that I might be overgeneralising and I know that some of them are good people however I totally believe that they are using Islam as a tool for politics in order to achieve their goals and to say that they are the current leaders of Islam like the Caliphates while dismissing the Kings and Sheikhs in Arabia is strange

  • @abdelwahabkhoualdia2056
    @abdelwahabkhoualdia20566 жыл бұрын

    I think the first Arab spring happened in Tunisia, not in Algeria in 2011.In 1991 the Islamists in Algeria won election but canceled and the civil war started

  • @bumpkin7171
    @bumpkin71712 жыл бұрын

    21:00 This incident is not documented in any of the most authentic Islamic books, In fact, it's not found in any Arab history book . hence, It's a crusader's total lie.

  • @guyfrom07

    @guyfrom07

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the first time I hear this, but I need to make sure if it's true or not. Because, while I trust that Islam is perfect, I can't say the same for Muslims after the 1st century A.H.

  • @Gog3453
    @Gog34535 жыл бұрын

    The separation of church and state was the worst thing that happened to government.

  • @amalabdallah8481
    @amalabdallah848110 ай бұрын

    Everyone should watch and listen to Roy Casagranda from Austin University. Now he knows how to explain Islam started and completely more entertaining then this guy

  • @AlJalandhari
    @AlJalandhari6 жыл бұрын

    If you draw a line from medina Bangladesh would be north of it

  • @JurijFedorov
    @JurijFedorov8 жыл бұрын

    4:01 to skip the irritating intro

  • @js357s

    @js357s

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @applesandpears9756

    @applesandpears9756

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks soooo much. :)

  • @khalidriaz909
    @khalidriaz909 Жыл бұрын

    Caliphate/khilafat in all the Muslim world or otherwise is only ended till 670 to 680 after the greatest Majesty of Prophet Muhammad S.A.A.W has accepted the mortal passing to Allah the Almighty. After that is Kingdomship in Islam. Sultanante ordaining is self assumed not granted like in letter terms. The conquering of places is done a general of Caliph/khilafat so the speaker has focused on extrmely biased sources

  • @ludwigfajar3084
    @ludwigfajar308410 жыл бұрын

    allahuakbar!! more way to raise the caliphate..

  • @e-college-sait

    @e-college-sait

    2 жыл бұрын

    this disproves the caliphate completely, sorry guy

  • @kash4030
    @kash40302 жыл бұрын

    At min 20 it is not haram alharameen it is Khadem al harameen

  • @coolworx
    @coolworx6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent deconstruction of just another human mythology. Will we ever accept our own finitude?

  • @johnstewart7025

    @johnstewart7025

    5 жыл бұрын

    I sometimes think that mythology or religion expresses a hope in human potential. They also claim all kinds of things that seem to be very unlikely (Risen Christ, hairy thunderbolt throwers etc.)

  • @ALSENANY911
    @ALSENANY9114 ай бұрын

    Allah (God) stated in the Holy Koran in numerous verses that the name of the religion of all the prophets of Allah is one: Islam. The 124,000 prophets and messengers of Allah are all Muslims including ABRAHAM, MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON THEM. THEY ALL CAME WITH THE SAME MESSAGE: ONENESS AND UNITY OF THE CREATOR, ALLAH. THIS MEANS THAT THE UNITARIAN CHURCH CHRISTIANS AND OTHER CHRISTIANS AND JEWS WHO BELIEVE IN ONE GOD ARE MUSLIMS.

  • @Frankhealy
    @Frankhealy8 жыл бұрын

    If he could only speak more fluidly.

  • @wewenang5167

    @wewenang5167

    2 жыл бұрын

    he is not a preacher he is a professor, if you wanna hear someone talk non stop blubbering nonsense go to some evangelist christian church lmao

  • @khanofcaledonia6413
    @khanofcaledonia64134 ай бұрын

    It's not haram ul haramain. It's qadim ul haramain.

  • @Meida1924
    @Meida19246 жыл бұрын

    Miss could u stop movinh. God

  • @artistdigital
    @artistdigital10 жыл бұрын

    Brother it doesn't work like that in Islam. People get leaders as the people are. The case of Nabi(saw) is different. Even in the case of Nabi(saw) the first state was established in Madina, where the people followed Islam in its entirety.

  • @Gog3453

    @Gog3453

    5 жыл бұрын

    ArtistDigital commanding the right and forbidding the wrong

  • @seanou2837
    @seanou2837 Жыл бұрын

    orientalism at its finest...pretty much islamophobia narrative in a subtle way.

  • @josiahbennett7573
    @josiahbennett75733 жыл бұрын

    DU shouldn't be oding middle eastern Studies

  • @Jawad-df7hm
    @Jawad-df7hm2 жыл бұрын

    Biased analysis and stupid jokes.

  • @alihjaji2433
    @alihjaji2433 Жыл бұрын

    A khalifa doesn't have spiritual power in any sense, he is the elected leader by the ppl

  • @Poppalarge86
    @Poppalarge866 жыл бұрын

    The world is slowly but surely learning about SHITS-LAM...

  • @zarfarzar1653

    @zarfarzar1653

    6 жыл бұрын

    Poppa Large U SHIT FRM BOTH OF UR OPENINGS

  • @khanofcaledonia6413
    @khanofcaledonia64134 ай бұрын

    Was it not John Locke who said why can't Europe coexist like how the Ottomans has been inclusive. Per Roy Casagranda said in one if his talk, the majority of subjects in Muslim lands were non-Muslims. So there's no restriction in the scriptures for being inclusive, it actually encourages it.