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Originally Posted by blankall
I'd argue that the Fundamentalist streams of Islam being practiced today have more in common with political movements than religious ones. They advocate systems of government, codes of conduct, tax systems, etc... and actually ignore large parts of Islam and many of the religious philosophies.
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Islam has always been a system of government and code of conduct. It has no prescriptions to 'render unto Caesar.' And the great majority of Muslims in Muslim-majority countries want Sharia to be the law of the land. So I don't really see the distinction - the religious
is the political in the Muslim world today.