@islamabadi2
hey no argument from me about the degeneracy of later so-called khalifas (especially the ottomans). When the Prophet (saw) and his blessed sahabah were alive, the khalifa system was practicable. however, inevitably, because of the imperfection of mankind, the khalifa system degenerated into a hereditary monarchy. In this time, when the family had become unglued in much of the western world and in which divorce is becoming more common in the east, and in which so called "liberation movements" take root even in much of the islamic world, whether under the banner of "gay" or "women's" liberation, such "liberation" actually means simple slavery to one's own animal desires. there is no real hope at least in my opinion, of resurrecting true islamic government unless allah intervenes.