A lot of this does seem to come down to No Bushes
America doesn’t do monarchies
MacArthur very much did.
And I think more importantly, that was keeping one, which is a different kettle of fish to restoring one.I mean, some of that was the influence of amateur ethnography that basically said the Japanese NEEDED an Emperor. I like to think no one was credibly claiming that for Afghanistan.
Actually, now that leads to a banter timeline where the wrong lessons are learnt and to the general horror of every expert, the US restores the Hashemites to Baghdad.
Monastical, or monarchical?Having said that, I featured a monastical restoration in *part* of Iraq in OFAHL but that's both not all of Iraq and not an external imposition, not really.
Pretty sure Islam isn't keen on monasticism.Monastical, or monarchical?
Monastical, or monarchical?
Why else would there be all those mystics?Pretty sure Islam isn't keen on monasticism.
Pretty sure Islam isn't keen on monasticism.
Yes, and celibacy in general is viewed as being lesser to marriage except for Sufi ordersI recall that it's explicitly condemned, be that in the Qurans or the Hadiths.
A state run by celibate ascetic Sufi Orders would be … something
Doing more research, I find that most Orders are actually not celibateI can see a state giving support to said Orders for ideological reasons, but a state-run by them would I think rapidly turn out to be neither celibate or asectic.
A state run by celibate ascetic Sufi Orders would be … something
I mean this minus the celibate part is the Safavids and the Senussi in Libya isn't it?
The Safavids depended on religious orders but were in many respects a traditional dynasty as I recall.