A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
Claims regarding the separation of religion from politics and governance, both in the past and the present.
Claims regarding the separation of religion from politics and governance are ancient, not modern.
However, they existed among the oppressive rulers in the Ummah of Islam after the era of Prophethood and the Rightly Guided Caliphate.
It was a partial separation, not a total one.
They would apply the Shari'ah in governance in a general sense.
But if that conflicted with the interests of their remaining in power and threatened their thrones,
they would set the Shari'ah aside and do whatever would preserve their rule.
They would say, "This is a matter of political expediency."
"The affairs of the subjects cannot be set right except by this."
"If we were to entrust them to the Shari'ah, their affairs would fall into ruin."
As for today, the secularists and liberals separate religion from politics and governance completely.
They reduce religion to a mere relationship between a person and their Lord that does not extend beyond the mosque or the church.
In their view, religion has no connection to people's lives outside of houses of worship.
That is what they claim.
This was established and became entrenched after the French Revolution.
When people revolted against the church and its unjust control over their lives,
they emerged with this false concept.
Today, the hypocrites of the Ummah of Islam—the secularists and liberals—
and those who follow their path, apply this misguidance in the lands of the Muslims.
They have famous slogans for this.
Among them is: "No religion in politics, and no politics in religion."
And: "Religion is for Allah, and the homeland is for all."
And other such phrases.