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00:07 State of obedience: Guest: Salim Mansur, ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, sources of political legitimacy, fragmentation of the Middle-East, the Great War (WW1), the Fertile Crescent, historical perspective, living memories, Christianity and Islam, Scottish identity, Ottoman Empire, source of obedience, why do people obey, the two constitutions, from five empires to Britain and France, Japan’s imposed constitution, a good life, sense of shame, sense of pride and achievement, India as a product of the British empire
15:00 Modern Muslims in crISIS: Bill Warner, people vs beliefs, history lesson, Palestine was the Jews, Jesus Christ, Roman empire, message of personal ethics, there is one God, multiculturalism, sinews of liberal democracy now corrupt, theocracy and politics, the historical struggle and the coming of the new sciences, Martin Luther, ISIS and Islam, role of religion, Islamic theocrats, religion must be personal, collapse of the Ottoman empire, modern Muslims are the first victims, a question of authority
31:52 ISIS – Mere anarchy let loose upon the world: The West’s obligation to intervene in the mid-east, values or utilitarianism, collapse of liberal democracy, freedom as the history of the West, cultural identity, anarchy let loose, Chinese revolutions, India the Crown Jewel, India as the world’s largest democracy, political structure, secular authoritarians, Western powers helping theocrats instead of secular leaders, ISIS is the second coming of Saudi Arabia, Muslims Facing Tomorrow, fear in a free country, the Mosque is theocracy, multiculturalism and political correctness
46:07 Transformation crISIS: The West’s role in the mid-east, imposing a constitution, Japan transformed, the West transformed, Rome transformed, we have degraded ourselves, Western world has lost its identity, multiculturalism must be refuted, a call for liberal democracy, our globalized world, quarantine the middle east, containment policy, West embraces the theocrats, tipping point was not 9/11 but Iran in 1979, the world of nation states 57:59 END