Talk:Timeline of the history of Islam (20th century)

Political vs. Religious History?

This is a lot more like a timeline of Middle Eastern History. Requires MAJOR overhaul.

• I agree, people seem to be infusing political bias and historical whitewashing in what should be a cut and dry religious (not political) history.

• • The events are not appreciably different from those in the 6th-19th century timelines. For instance, the Abbasid revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty has little religious significance, but it still is and should be included on the timeline. The wars, regime changes, etc. chronicled on this timeline are no different.

• • This is in fact a political history of Islam, just like each of the previous centuries. In fact, essentially all references on the history of Islam are largely political (E.g., Oxford History of Islam, Islam in Modern History, A Modern History of the Islamic World). That is because, unlike, say, Christianity in general, Islam engages in social and political questions. If, however, you did a timeline of the history of the Catholic Church, that too would be largely political.AnthroMimus (talk) 03:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)