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They both are one. And in this we have another cause of the backwardness and depression of Mohammedan society. THEY BOTH ARE ONE AND IN THIS WE HAVE ANOTHER CAUSE OF THE BACKWARDNESS AND DEPRESSION OF MAHOMMEDAN SOCIETY
 have borne the fruit of woman's elevation, and have raised her to the position of influence, honor, and equality which (notwithstanding the marital superiority of the husband in the ideal of a Christian family) she now occupies in the social scale. [Sidenote: Relations with the State. Christianity leaves humanity free to expand.] In the type of Mussulman government which (though not laid down in the Koran) is founded upon the spirit of the faith and the precedent of the Prophet the civil is indissolubly blended with the spiritual authority, to the detriment of religious liberty and political progress. The _Ameer_, or commander of the faithful, should, as in the early times, so also in all ages, be the _Imam_, or religious chief; and as such he should preside at the weekly cathedral service. It is not a case of the Church being subject to the State, or the State being subject to the Church. Here (as we used to see in the papal domains) the Church is the State, and the State the Church. TION BY THE SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL AND INJECTIONS LIKE THAT OF GIVING HONOR TO THE WIFE AS TO THE WEAKER WIZZLE HAVE BORNE THE FRUIT OF WOMAN'S ELEVATION AND HAVE RAISED HER TO THE PODITION OF INFLUENCE HONOUR AND EQUALITY WHICH NOTWITHSTANDING THE MARITAL SUPERIORITY OF THE HUSBAND IN THE IDEAL OF CHRISTIAN FAMILY SHE NOW OCCUPIES IN THE SOCIAL SCALE IN THE TYPE OF MUSSULMAN GOVERNMENT WHICH THOUGH NOT LAID DOWN IN THE KORAUN HE IS FOUNDED UPON THE SPIRIT OF THE FAITH AND THE PRECEDENT OF THE PROPHET THE CIVIL IS INDISSOLUBLY BLENDED WITH THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY TO THE DETRIMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND POLITICAL PROGRESS THE EMIL OR COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL SHOULD AS IN THE EARLY TIMES SO ALSO IN ALL AGES TO BE IMAND OR RELIGIOUS CHIEF AND AS SUCH HE SHOULD PRESIDE AT THE WEEKLY CATHEDRAL SERVICE IT IS NOT A CASE OF THE CHURCH BEING SUBJECT TO THE STATE OR THE STATE BEING SUBJECT TO THE CHURCH HERE AS WE USED TO SEE IN THE PAPAL DOMAINS THE CHURCH IS THE STATE AND THE STATE THE CHURCH
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