"The Making of an Emirate"
Jul 31st 2011 | 8:23 pm
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"The Making of an Emirate"
Interesting perspective from Time magazine.............
http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...084266,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...084266,00.html
Jul 31st 2011 | 10:17 pm
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Re: "The Making of an Emirate"
"The melting pot at Ibn Battuta Mall is also something of a mirage"
Aug 1st 2011 | 3:52 pm
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Re: "The Making of an Emirate"
Angela Shah is very not subtle about ignoring why the islamic world got left behind.
I know it's Time magazine, so maybe not a good place for that kind of stuff, but how about the restrictions placed on intellectual and political freedom by an empire based on religious faith, where world domination was assumed to be a right and obedience to the ruler was a religious duty? That's a surefire formula for failure.
I know it's Time magazine, so maybe not a good place for that kind of stuff, but how about the restrictions placed on intellectual and political freedom by an empire based on religious faith, where world domination was assumed to be a right and obedience to the ruler was a religious duty? That's a surefire formula for failure.
Aug 1st 2011 | 11:37 pm
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Re: "The Making of an Emirate"
Most interesting. Angela Shah is a friend of mine...
Aug 2nd 2011 | 2:14 am
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Aug 2nd 2011 | 3:21 am
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Aug 3rd 2011 | 12:30 am
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Re: "The Making of an Emirate"
'Thought I had dibs on Millhouse...
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