Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
There are many openings, but the islam as a political ideoligy is a very recent thing, it is no longer just a spriritual thing. We leave them be and they don't impose on us, sounds good?
Another interesting point. I'm afraid I don't think you are on firm ground arguing that political Islam is new. Right up until the break-up of the Ottoman empire, this was pretty much the way in which most Muslims (in the Middle east) were governed. The British and French rule of the middle east (after WW1) ended such Islamist governance, but as the emergence of the Muslim brotherhood in the 1930s (IIRC) shows -Islam as a central part of politics was never forgotten about either.

The concept of Islamism is indeed that Islam should be more than a spiritual thing, and play a central role in political society/life too. Salafists say that the purest form of Islamic society was that during Muhammads lifetime -where he personaly ruled as religious, political and military leader. So to a Salafi mindset, this is what should be aimed at -all 3 pillars of governance under one religious, political and military leader.