Historical reflections
“Yes. At some point, these medievals need to brought into the 21st century, or at least the 20th.”
Medieval Islam was far advanced beyond both medieval and early modern Europe in wealth, individual freedom, and religious tolerance. “Medievalism” should be a term of praise, not abuse, with regard to Muslim societies; the problem with folks like the Taliban and the Wahabis of Saudi Arabia is that they hearken back to a past that (fortunately for the Muslims of the 14th century) never existed.
It also seems a bit odd to me to portray either the Saudi monarchy or politicized Islam — both of them fabrications of the 20th century and its worldwide wars — as needing to be brought into the 20th century. Better that we urged them to get out of it as quickly as possible.
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