Islam is...

Submitted by Taj (United States), Apr 17, 2008 at 05:35

B:

While I did state that Islam is not a government, I did not say it is little more than a religion - I personally view Islam as something more than the term "religion"...

A social or political power does not equal "government" in my opinion...

I would not establish the idea of a "Muslim army" without including that any religion can, does, or has had such...In any case, I am not sure what a "Muslim army" is or looks like, outside of a generalization - which can be applied across the board...

Various forms of governments implemented in muslim countries included various forms of republic and democratic, monarchies, and aristocracies

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".