The western view of government is based upon democratic institutions with a separation of church and state.  Yet the Muslim world intertwines the two in a way the West cannot seem to comprehend.

Obviously there is a difference between secular government based upon laws written from Judeo-Christian concepts of morality and governments run by political and spiritual leaders, but do they have to conflict with one another?  What is the best way for these systems to co-exist?

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