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] And so, throughout the whole range of political, religious, social, and domestic relations, the attempt made by the founder of Islam to provide for all contingencies, and to fix every thing aforehand by rigid rule and scale, has availed to cramp and benumb the free activities of life and to paralyze the natural efforts of society at healthy growth, expansion, and reform. AND SO THROUGH THE WHOLE RANGE OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS THE ATTEMPT MADE BY THE FOUNDER OF HIS LAMP TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES AND TO FIX EVERYTHING AFOREHAND BY RIGID RULE AND SKILL HAS A WILL TO CRAMP AND BEAM THE FREE ACTIVITIES OF LIFE AND TO PARALYZE THE NATURAL EFFORTS OF SOCIETY AT HEALTHY GROWTH EXPANSION AND RE FORM
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. They both are one. And in this we have another cause of the backwardness and depression of Mohammedan society. Since the abolition of the temporal power in Italy we have nowhere in Christian lands any such theocratic union of Cæsar and the Church, so that secular and religious advance is left more or less unhampered; whereas in Islam the hierarchico-political constitution has hopelessly welded the secular arm with the spiritual in one common scepter, to the furthering of despotism, and elimination of the popular voice from its proper place in the concerns of State. [Sidenote: The Koran checks progress. RITY 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 THEY BOTH ARE ONE AND IN THIS WE HAVE ANOTHER CAUSE OF THE BACKWARDNESS AND DEPRESSION OF MAHOMMEDAN SOCIETY SINCE THE ABOLITION OF THE TEMPORAL POWER IN ITALY WE HAVE NO VARINCIEN LANDS ANY SUCH GEOCRATIC UNION OF CAESAR AND THE CHURCH SO THAT SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS ADVANCE IS LEFT MORE OR LESS UNHAMPERED WHEREAS IN THIS LAND THE HIERARCHEO POLITICAL CONSTITUTION HAS HOPELESSLY WELDED THE SECULAR ART WITH THE SPIRITUAL AND ONE COMMON CAPTURAL TO THE FURTHERING OFF DESPOTISM AND ELIMINATION OF THE POPULAR VOICE FROM ITS PROPER PLACE IN THE CONCERNS OF STATE
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