characteristics of muslim  state?
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Dictatorship and Terrorism
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in my oponion they are muslim countries like:\niran\npakistan\nsaudi arabia\negypt\nsomalia
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It is rather involved.  They deal with different schools of thought on Islamic law and are related to different geographic areas.  The article below offers a good explanantion.
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ISLAM\nThe religion of Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad .\n\nSome Basic Islamic Beliefs\n1) Belief in God:\n\nMuslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone.  He is the true God, and every other deity is false.  He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes.  No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes.  In the Quran, God describes Himself:\n\n Say, “He is God, the One.  God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs.  He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him.”  (Quran, 112:1-4)\n\nChapter 112 of the Quran written in Arabic calligraphy\n\nChapter 112 of the Quran written in Arabic calligraphy.\n\nNo one has the right to be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but God alone.\n\nGod alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of everything in the whole universe.  He manages all affairs.  He stands in need of none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they need.  He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing.  In a perfect manner, His knowledge encompasses all things, the open and the secret, and the public and the private.  He knows what has happened, what will happen, and how it will happen.  No affair occurs in the whole world except by His will.  Whatever He wills is, and whatever He does not will is not and will never be.  His will is above the will of all the creatures.  He has power over all things, and He is able to do everything.  He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and the Most Beneficent.  In one of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad , we are told that God is more merciful to His creatures than a mother to her child.1  God is far removed from injustice and tyranny.  He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees.  If someone wants something from God, he or she can ask God directly without asking anyone else to intercede with God for him or her.\n\nGod is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God.2  Even Jesus himself rejected this.  God has said in the Quran:\n\n Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said, “God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.”  The Messiah said, “Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord.  Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell).  For the wrongdoers,3 there will be no helpers.”  (Quran, 5:72)\n\nGod is not a trinity.  God has said in the Quran:\n\n Indeed, they disbelieve who say, “God is the third of three (in a trinity),” when there is no god but one God.  If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather repent to God and ask His forgiveness?  For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.  The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger...  (Quran, 5:73-75)\n\nIslam rejects that God rested on the seventh day of the creation, that He wrestled with one of His angels, that He is an envious plotter against mankind, or that He is incarnate in any human being.  Islam also rejects the attribution of any human form to God. All of these are considered blasphemous.  God is the Exalted.  He is far removed from every imperfection.  He never becomes weary.  He does not become drowsy nor does he sleep.\n\nThe Arabic word Allah means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe).  This word Allah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims and Arab Christians.  This word cannot be used to designate anything other than the one true God.  The Arabic word Allah occurs in the Quran about 2700 times.  In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that Jesus habitually spoke,4 God is also referred to as Allah.\n2) Belief in the Angels:\n\nMuslims belie
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If you want a general overview : http://www.carm.org/islam/islamic_doctrine.htm\n\nIf you want some more details :\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam.\nYou can follow the links of five pillars and see more descriptions.\n\nYou will find lots of sources in wikipedia as well one this or on net..\n\nProphet Muhammad as a reformer\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad
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This link could help although it focuses on percentage of Muslims per state:\n\nhttp://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/musmap.htm
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I am half Turkish and it needs to stay a Secular democracy, thats what Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic on. Anyone who says other wise needs to read up on history.\n\nTurkey will never be a muslim state. The Military will not allow it.
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1. Art. Mainly ornaments since all other art is forbidden to muslims. These restrictions influence hardly on all other traditional arts, e.g. literature.\n2. Trade. People being today muslims formerly (at non-muslim time) were great at trades and also at arts. Because of current islamic restrictions, muslim trade consists mainly of ornaments...
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Razi, I hope you get some thoughtful, educated answers to your question. I only have a limited knowledge of the MMA b/c of my Comparative Politics class last semester. I think the MMA is at the heart of the existance of Pakistani politics? Wasn't the succession of Pakistan due to the MMA and other muslim groups that supported Jinnah's muslim nation? If I'm right, the survival of the MMA is dependent upon Mushariff's willingness to step down from his self imposed presidency and allow the government true control. Is this the MMA you are referring to?
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One state equal to Pakistan
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Islam followed by Christinaity.
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Religion and politics have had a spill over effect with regards to each other, to a large extent in Pakistan. Religious 'Islamic' parties have furthered their political agenda on the basis of religion as a unifying and vote-gaining factor. This is where in my opinion most of the problems have erupted. Religion, be it any, does not advocate unwarranted violence. \nWhile in the case of Pakistan, political protest has more than often taken a violent turn, and since the religiohs parties are inviolved at times, it has been associated with the religion being violent. \nReligious ppl here in pakistan, the educated kind, are not at all violent. They are regular ppl that you would encounter on the street. They might have a beard, but that does not mean that they are trigger happy ,or weild a sword at every non-muslim. \nThe violence emerges out of political unrest, and soem reliogious political leaders, who claim themsevles to be the vanguards of the faith, utilise it to garner votes. So its important to seperate any understanding of religious people and those who use religion to further political gains.
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Yes the US state department has what they call "Country Studies" that describe each country in detail--demographics, religion, income, population, weather, etc.  It is a good resource.  I would type in Pakistan Country Study on google or yahoo.  Hope this helps!
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The Ayotollah. The Ayotollah governs what muslims do, and the president is a Muslim. Nuff said.
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, women women women women...Islamic regime...i.e. theocracy...-->DESPOTISM, DICTATORSHIP,NO HUMAN RIGHTS, NO FREEDOM, INJUSTICE do urself and ur children's children and the world a favor and either leave or revolt...
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There's not a generally acknowledged leadership or hierarchy in the muslim world, like the pope of catholics etc. After the death of Mohammed, caliphs were the leaders in the muslim world and it shifted between warring dynasties. The last caliphs were the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. But when the empire collapsed and Turkish Republic was founded, Ataturk abolished caliphate in 1924 on the basis of secularism. \nAfter that, many groups attempted and still attempt to revive the Caliphate elsewhere, but none has been successful.
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Fixed Territory- \nmeans state has its own boundary and international recognition\nPopulation- \nstate has its own people who living together\nGovernment- \nthere must be a recognized government that is responsible for the administration of its people\nSovereignty - \nhas it own sovereignty, which denotes independence both internally and externally.