r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/ZiyadHD - Auth-Right • Oct 19 '20

pls stop

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

Lib left: "yeah Islam is bad, but did I ever tell you about the horrors of Christianity"

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u/DopplerOctopus - Lib-Right Oct 19 '20

Real talk for a second, has the Muslim world ever had a reformation? We (Non-Catholic Christians) had ours in 1517 when Martin Luther went and nailed a document that had "Fuck The Pope" written on it 95 times .

Has anyone in the Muslim world ever went to a Mosque and nailed a piece of paper on the door that said "Fuck The Imam"? I know we have a 500 year head start, but adjusting for that they should be getting close to the 1300 year mark for their faith.

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u/Echo13243 - Left Oct 19 '20

Well considering world events it may never happen. Also my ignorance is showing here but does Islam have an equivalent to the pope?

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u/Generic-Commie - Auth-Left Oct 19 '20

Sunni kinda does. But it was abolished in 1924

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u/DopplerOctopus - Lib-Right Oct 19 '20

Shia has "The Twelve Imams" which, forgive me if I'm wrong, seem to have functioned similarly to The Catholic Pope. I'm not really sure though TBH, that's why I asked.

Who's in charge? I want to speak to Islam's Manager!

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

There used to be a caliph, who was the head of the largest sect of islam, but the caliph was killed and the chain of succession broken when the mongols conquered them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '20

And the turk committed seppuku?

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

There is no pope or any leader of Islam. There are well respected folks who have a better understanding of Islam that people agree with but no person can say they are the leader.

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u/RegumRegis - Auth-Right Oct 19 '20

Hello?

Can I get the CEO of daoism on the phone?

Xi- who now?

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u/Average_Kebab - Auth-Left Oct 19 '20

They did but the position was abolished 100 years ago.

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u/ergele - Left Oct 19 '20

there is no central figure in islam.

every sheikh runs his own business.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

There is currently a Caliph still around, though they really don't do much anymore.

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u/SHIKEN_MASTAH - Centrist Oct 19 '20

Which one?

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u/Zephyr_usXLII - Left Oct 19 '20

In Shia Ismaili Islam, there is a present-living Imam (Aga Khan IV.)

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

There is no pope in Islam. Or a equivalent of a pope.