Nearly 90,000 followers of a hard-line Muslim group packed a stadium in the Indonesian capital Sunday, calling for the creation of an Islamic state.
Hizbut Tahrir, a Sunni organization with an estimated 1 million members, is banned in some Asian and Arab countries, but drew supporters from Europe, Africa and the Middle East to Indonesia for a meeting of the group that is held every two years.
Speeches called for the return of the caliphate, or Islamic statehood, across the Muslim world. The crowd, divided into sections for women and men, roared in support.
So far so good! So for the sake of the argument let's assume this is feasible, and let's also assume that nobody in the whole wide world would mind, and let's also assume that there will be no bloodshed of any kind and everyone will happily join into the Caliphate. The dishillion dollar question will now be:
drum roll for effect please!!!
WHO will be appointed / elected Caliph?
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A few more questions would be:
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And can the million or so followers even agree between themselves? Will he be sunni or shia? Or wahhabi?
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