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A '''tyrant''' (Greek: ''τύραννος'' - ''tyrannos'') is a term the [[Greeks]] used to describe a person who seized and held power in violation of the normal laws and traditions of the community.  Tyrants appeared in many Greek [[city states]] in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. often taking advantage of the disaffection of the middle class against the old elite.

A '''tyrant''' (Greek: ''τύραννος'' - ''tyrannos'') is a term the [[Greeks]] used to describe a person who seized and held power in violation of the normal laws and traditions of the community.  Tyrants appeared in many Greek [[city states]] in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. often taking advantage of the disaffection of the middle class against the old elite.

Today, the word 'tyrant' is used to refer to an unjust and autocratic ruler, who enriches himself or satisfies his lust for [[power]] at the expense of his people. Examples include [[Nicolae Ceausescu]] in [[Romania]] and [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]] in his later years.

Today, the word 'tyrant' is used to refer to an unjust and autocratic ruler, who enriches himself or satisfies his lust for [[power]] at the expense of his people. Examples include [[Nicolae Ceausescu]] in [[Romania]], [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]] in his later years, [[Venezuela]]n dictators [[Hugo Chavez]] and his successor [[Nicolas Maduro]] and various [[Democrat]] politicians in public office in the United States (including the Democrat state governors using the current [[CCP coronavirus pandemic]] as a cover and excuse for seizing excessive power for themselves to illegally and unjustly oppress their respective states' citizens).

==Tyrant vs Caliph==

==Tyrant vs Caliph==

In the [[Islam]]ic concept of ''tyrant'', a tyrant is any person or man-made system of law such as [[monarchy]], constitutional government, or [[republic]] and its elected representatives, who disavow [[Allah]] and his [[Caliphate]], empowered to enforce Allah's will as spoken through the mouth of the [[Prophet Muhammad]] and reiterated in the [[Koran]] and [[Hadith]]s. All other systems of law are man-made [[tyranny|tyrannies]] to be opposed, fought against, and overthrown, ''per'' Allah.

In the [[Islam]]ic concept of ''tyrant'', a tyrant is any person or man-made system of law such as [[monarchy]], constitutional government, or [[republic]] and its elected representatives, who disavow [[Allah]] and his [[Caliphate]], empowered to enforce Allah's will as spoken through the mouth of [[Mohammed]] and reiterated in the [[Koran]] and [[Hadith]]s. All other systems of law are man-made [[tyranny|tyrannies]] to be opposed, fought against, and overthrown, ''per'' Allah.

== Sources ==

== Sources ==

The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al., 2005.  

The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al., 2005.  

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]

[[Category:Ancient Greece]]