Islam: A Little Politics and Law: Shari’a (1)

"And the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do: the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment." I Chronicles 12:32 With few exceptions those who are part of the Western democracies would agree that religion and politics should not mix. Much is made of the concept of "separation of church and state." However, for much of the Islamic world, to propose the separation of the Islamic religion...