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To: Elroy who wrote (223095)	3/8/2007 8:47:55 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Actually most Muslim states have more of a separation of church and state than people think. Pakistan for example is a fiercely Islamic state and yet has had a female head of state (something that I believe is against strict interpretation of Islam). On the other side, you should look into some of the religious policies that are recently enacted in Germany. They clearly favor support of Christianity in the country. It is not as secular as you may think. So the separation of church and state is not a black and white thing. The government always has to take into account the public sentiment. Even in the US, where the constitution explicitly calls for such a separation, we still have people who fight it. In countries where 99.99% of the population is Muslim and most of them practicing/devout Muslims, then the state HAS TO cater to religious authorities. On top of this there is also the issue of politics. Politicians everywhere use whatever they can to sway the public opinion towards their own position. Muslims politicians, like all other politicians, do not shy away from manipulating religion to keep their power.