> you can’t be both Islamic and secular at the same time
Yes. There is a difference between an Islamic nation and a nation of Muslims.
Yes. There is a difference between an Islamic nation and a nation of Muslims.
This describes none of the Arab monarchies. Neither does it describe Iran, Afghanistan or Pakistan. (Indonesia and Malaysia are political science’s Rorschach tests.)
Secular dictatorships in the Muslim world are the exception, unless we’re using highly unorthodox definitions of secularity or dictatorship. (Secular government in Muslim-majority countries is common; most are not dictatorships [1].)