Anti-Hijab movment in Iran

[The Grand Nudger]

Is there any genuine split between the two?  

One that doesn't round down to one group believing in the same thing more strongly than another - I mean?

Of course, there is. I have no problem with religionists having views that differ from mine. I would object pretty strongly to having those views codified into law.

There's only one difference that could be relevant, though.  A difference of opinion as to whether or not the laws god himself established would be the best set of laws for humanity.  At some point, we have to recognize that people with genuine beliefs cannot help but differ with secularism on this - and as such, there's no difference between islam..and political islam, except for the level of faith of a given believer.  

And, if we're honest about it, they overwhelming majority of theists would not care to live in a theocracy.

Boru

I assume the same, but we both know that strongly held beliefs can compel people to politics that run wildly contrary to their own best interest. Personally, I think the idea of a-political islam(or any other theistic faith) - at least a-political enough that it might be compatible with secularism- is actually a secular effort to manufacture and model "the good ones", wholly ignoring the reality of such faiths.