Christian Fundamentalism vis a vis Muslim Fundamentalism

[abaris]

Separation of church and state:  in Muslim countries, the authorities are nearly all Muslim.  The church leaders also make the laws.

As opposed to christian religions, they have no church leaders. At least not in any organised fashion. With Iran possibly being the only exemption. But they are Shia. Most of the Arabs are Sunni. Islam is incredibly diverse, even within these two groups. Much in the same way as christianity. That's why blanket statements usually fall short, even more so, since the authorities in these countries are mostly authoritarian and their main goal is to prevent unrest. A look on any map tells you why. These states haven't been formed in any natural way. They are creations, made up in some british or french colonial office at London or Paris. Without giving different ethnicities and cultures any regard.

That's also the main reason why it was such a fundamental stupid gamble to remove Saddam from running Iraq. The lid is from the kettle and all that's left is a failed state, with a population not wanting to live together, since they have nothing in common. Lybia is pretty much the same and if that idiocy in Syria continues, this will be the third middle eastern state to follow.