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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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Claims regarding the separation of religion from politics and governance, both in the past and the present.

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Claims regarding the separation of religion from politics and governance are ancient, not modern.

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However, they existed among the oppressive rulers in the Ummah of Islam after the era of Prophethood and the Rightly Guided Caliphate.

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It was a partial separation, not a total one.

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They would apply the Shari'ah in governance in a general sense.

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But if that conflicted with the interests of their remaining in power and threatened their thrones,

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they would set the Shari'ah aside and do whatever would preserve their rule.

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They would say, "This is a matter of political expediency."

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"The affairs of the subjects cannot be set right except by this."

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"If we were to entrust them to the Shari'ah, their affairs would fall into ruin."

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As for today, the secularists and liberals separate religion from politics and governance completely.

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They reduce religion to a mere relationship between a person and their Lord that does not extend beyond the mosque or the church.

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In their view, religion has no connection to people's lives outside of houses of worship.

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That is what they claim.

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This was established and became entrenched after the French Revolution.

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When people revolted against the church and its unjust control over their lives,

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they emerged with this false concept.

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Today, the hypocrites of the Ummah of Islam—the secularists and liberals—

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and those who follow their path, apply this misguidance in the lands of the Muslims.

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They have famous slogans for this.

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Among them is: "No religion in politics, and no politics in religion."

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And: "Religion is for Allah, and the homeland is for all."

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And other such phrases.