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Angry Planet

An Islamic Reformation may be beside the point

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

History, Politics, News, Conflict, War, Government

4.2898 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The separation of church and state is one of the fundamental tenets of the modern Western world, but that doesn't make it inevitable for all cultures. But does that mean that the Islamic world and the Western one are in an existential struggle? Or is that division even meaningful?

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The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News. So the solution then is in hopes, these misplaced hopes for a reformation.

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Oh, you know, it's just a matter of time and at least it is kind of patronizing discourse of,

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hey, you Muslims, you'll get there in time, just be patient.

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We went through it too we killed each other then we

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got our act together let's not hope for something which is unlikely Can church and state be separated in an Islamic society? And is that even desirable?

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This week on War College, we talk about Sharia

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and how it fits into the politics that shape our world. You're listening to Reuters War College, a discussion of the world in conflict, focusing

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on the stories behind the front lines.

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Here are your hosts, Jason Fields, and Matthew Gault with

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Royters.

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And I'm Matthew Gault with War is Boring.

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With us today is Shoddy Hamid.

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He's a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and he's the author of a new book, Islamic Exceptionalism,

1:37.5

How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World.

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Today he's here with us to talk about one of America's greatest fears I guess political

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Islam so shoddy thank you so much for joining us.

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Hi thanks for having me so can we just start off by getting some basic terms set up?

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What do you see as the difference between Islamism, Salafism, and jihadism? And by the way, any is am I mispronounce please let me know.

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