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Expansion , The expansion of Islam historically embraces two phenomena. The first is the expansion of Islamic states—that is, states whose ruling elite consisted… Islamic Law , Law, Islamic
Islam, like Judaism and unlike Christianity, is a nomocracy, a religion of the law as opposed to theology. It is evident from the Korani… Pan-islamism , Pan-Islam
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