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11 Res. & Sci. Today 45 (2016)
The New Caliphate - A War of All against All

handle is hein.journals/rescito11 and id is 45 raw text is: March 2016 International Relations THE NEW CALIPHATE - A WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL Paul DUTA' Oana BONTEANU2 ABSTRACT THE STATUS OF MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, THE ACTIONS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS) SELF-DECLARED CALIPHATE, CONSTITUTE AN ISSUE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE, THAT AROUSES INTEREST AMONG THE PUBLIC, GIVEN THAT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, TENDS TO HAVE GREAT INFLUENCES ON A WORLDWIDE LEVEL. CALIPHATE IT IS A FORM OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT WHICH REPRESENTS THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS UNITY OF THE MUSLIM WORLD, HAS AS A LEADER THE CALIPH, THE POLITICAL LEADER OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE SUCCESSOR, DEPUTY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD. THE APPEARANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OF A NEW SUNNI FUNDAMENTALIST STATE, WITHOUT BORDERS, EXPANDING, SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP, CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE VERY BIOGRAPHY OF THE LAST DECADE OF ITS LEADER, ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADL THERE IS NO QUESTION OF LAMENTING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SOME SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF ISLAM, BUT THE ABSENCE OF A CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY, LEAVES A COMMUNITY OF NEARLY 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE, A FIFTH OF THE WORLD POPULATION, IN DRIFT AND VULNERABILITY. KEYWORDS: MIDDLE EAST, CONFLICT, CALIPHATE, FUNDAMENTALIST STATE, The benefits brought by the 20s century in the Middle East, in terms of institutional and economic development, had the effect to highlighting some religious sensitivities. Should not be surprised by the fact that at present region is marked by an imbalance caused by reactions of religious nature. After nearly a century after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk abolished the Caliphate in Istanbul and six decades since Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Ba'th Party led a national revolution in Egypt and the Arab world, the Middle East it is in a full religious conflict, having in the centre a caliphate that comprises territories in Syria and Iraq. It has been proven that in this way that the big progress made towards the construction and development of the state led to the emergence of religious sensibilities while removing and loosening authorities that could moderate the religions in a more responsible way. As a result, the region is witnessing a fierce religious and unbalanced reaction. It is rather difficult to understand 1 PhD, Scientific researcher, Romanian Diplomatic Institute, ppduta@yahoo.com 2 PhD, Student, Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu,

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