Because I care

[james_davis_nicoll]

As mentioned in comments, Dan Simmons has a dystopic novel coming out.

Canada, used to dividing itself into smaller parts to appease ethnic groups, languages, and claims to prior ownership, [...]

Is that a snipe at Nunavut?

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[sethg]

Do any of the people sweating over the prospect of a Global Islamic Caliphate notice that the vast majority of firepower wielded by the Muslims of the Middle East is directed at other Muslims?

Any Caliph who inspires loyalty across Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, never mind Europe, would truly owe his kingship to Divine Providence.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I've actually seen a space opera where a view point functionary rues and laments the success the founders of his state had at getting mutually hostile sects to unify under the flag of Islam under one government; the isolation from other religions seems to have given the sects time to really focus on why they hate each other.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

Title?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was the only part that was memorable; don't recall the title.