Islam is a total way of life, not just a religion.2 In Islam there is no “separation of mosque and state” that compares to the “separation of church and state” that prevails in most Western countries. Islamic religion and politics are one. As Egyptian-born Victor Khalil points out: Islam regulates every aspect of life, to the point that culture, religion and politics in a Muslim country are practically inseparable.3 Muhammad took the Arab culture around him, with all its secular and sacred customs,
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