It's not possible for people to express their real views considering modern political/social state of Arab world. On both sides, MB sympathizers and Gulf cleric sympathizers express double standard at some point. Although I give credit to the MB that usually their sympathizers are legally going up against secular alternative. In the Gulf the monarchies or whatever you wish to call them appoint clerics to have religious overtone to combat MB narrative. And they are more hypocritical, sorry to say. But, the larger point is that it is not possible to create a real Caliphate without overthrowing whole world system.
And nobody has a plan for that, I doubt it can coexist with Capitalism. So it requires both sides to come to a similar conclusion. And both sides need to accept they have their own hypocrisy. MB sympathizers are more willing to take the next necessary step as of now. This is undeniable.
What's clear is it can't come through an organization conquering it's way to a Caliphate with no endgame solution. However, time is not on our side. The more we ignore the needs of the society the more prevalent such ideas become. And with recent events in Arab world where Arab states seemed to have backed off of Syria and Iraq and declared new coalition which claims to target militants then we are heading to a bad divide in the region if their is no initiative in place for those who are suffering.
And that requires Mecca to be center of the Middle East again. Right now it is Jerusalem(People look to Israel to find answers). And one of recollections of Prophet mention that it will return to be Mecca again.
Clerics in formerly MB controlled Tunisia were appointed by the government as well. All clerics are that in stable Muslim states regardless of being monarchies or not. If not you can have every village idiot declaring himself a cleric and causing trouble. Look no further than Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria etc.
One can say whatever they want about KSA and its system but it's still the country that adheres to Islamic laws the most. Nor is there anything called a perfect society either.
I don't care about monarchs, rulers (unless they are good and I like what they are doing mostly), MB or any political movements as I have always stated. I just care about KSA, the well-being of Saudi Arabians, the Arab world and Arabs across the world and I am a proponent of close Arab cooperation on all fronts. For the well-being of the Muslim world too but that is obvious so no need to repeat it 1000's of times.
Mate, regarding the events of the region then I guess that all parties are to be blamed. It's complicated and the average person just wants peace and progress and I support that too.
What is needed is a civil society that is open for discourse which is still a few years if not decades away. Until that happens all parties want to rule as the sole power.
In my book it does not matter who rules, which system etc. as long as the society functions and the people are content and there is progress. We can't all have the same system. All countries and their social fabric is distinct. Danish democracy is different from Italian democracy etc. Chinese society is different from Indian etc.
Makkah and Madinah have always been the spiritual center of Islam for almost 1500 years now and for the 1.7 billion Muslims worldwide. Are you talking about it politically or what?
Still Al-Quds is of enormous Islamic significance as you already know and there is an ongoing conflict there that have shaped the Muslim world for the past 70 years. Especially the Arab world.
Anyway I got to go so will answer sometime later either today or tomorrow.
