The Return of the Caliphate? An Ominous Warning
Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Albert Mohler

Now here's an interesting story: The Christian Science Monitor reports that some Muslims are pushing and planning for a re-establishment of the caliphate -- the rule of all Muslims under one transnational government.

From the article:

Hizb ut-Tahrir says that Muslims should abolish national boundaries within the Islamic world and return to a single Islamic state, known as "the Caliphate," that would stretch from Indonesia to Morocco and contain more than 1.5 billion people.

It's a simple and seductive idea that analysts believe may someday allow the group to rival existing Islamic movements, topple the rulers of Middle Eastern nations, and undermine those seeking to reconcile democracy and Islam and build bridges between East and West. the rest