As is often the case, the question is 'which Islam'? There's a strong current in Islam toward polycentric law, and law without a state. 2/
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Modern Muslim states are mostly awful, and many historical Islamic empires were monstrous (eg the Mughals). But then there's Somalia. 3/
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Somalia is a joke to (racist, ignorant) authoritarians in the west, but prior to being conquered by Britain, Italy and Islamists,,, 4/
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...it was a stable, stateless, polycentric nation of traditional law for centuries, like medieval Ireland and Iceland. Worth studying! 5/
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There's an anarchist thread to be teased out of Islamic tradition. "Post-left" anarchist Hakim Bey, author of https://hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont 6/
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...draws extensively on heretical traditions in Persian and central Asian Islam. And he inspired Burning Man! 7/
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The dreadful state of modern Islam is largely due to giving its worst elements many billions of dollars of oil money to prosletyze with. 8/
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It's worthwhile to be skeptical of Salafi propaganda efforts, but history contains multitudes. 9/9
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Replying to @St_Rev
These are all good points, but you could do a similar analysis on pretty much any ideology. Catholicism, Satanism, Stalinism ...
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You got to "true Satanism has never been tried" before I did.
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Satanism is the most libertarian religion, obviously.
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