Original sentence: However others argue that the concept of the Islamic State or caliphate has been well documented in Islamic theology.Husain criticises Islamism and argues that the desire for the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate is borne out of an alien, Wahhabi or extremist interpretation of Islam.In the same interview, Husain claims that while he was a Hizb ut-Tahrir activist at college, his activities led to female Muslim students covering their faces with the veil or [[niqab].Indeed, a Professor of Islamic History at Georgetown University has described the caliphate as "the core political concept of Sunni Islam, by the consensus of the Muslim majority in the early centuries".This seems to contradict Hizb ut-Tahrir's official stance on covering the face of women, as they do not believe that the face veil is a religious duty
Edited sentence: " (see main article: Caliphate).(see Hizb ut-Tahrir).In the same CNN interview Ed claimed that while he was a Hizb ut-Tahrir activist at college, that due to his activities within a couple of months girls were covering thier faces (in niqab).One of Ed's prime assertions against Islamism is that the desire for a Caliphate is an alien  , wahabi or 'extremist' interpretation of Islam, whereas it is well documented in Islamic theology and by orientalists that the caliphate "is the core political concept of Sunni Islam, by the consensus of the Muslim majority in the early centuries.This contradicts Hizb ut-Tahrir's official policy on covering the face of women: they do not believe that the face veil is a religious duty.While Ed pours scorn on Saudi Arabia and the minority wahabi sect in Islam, due to his criticism of the desire for a caliphate it is unclear if Ed still ascribes himself to the majority Sunni sect either