re: #29 zombie

However, the first statement is partly true: Islam is not merely a religion. It is also a way of life, a philosophy, a military doctrine, a political structure, a legal system, and so on. It is all-encompassing and goes beyond mere “religion.” In fact, as Edward Said might have said, it is “orientalist” of us to apply our western notion of “religion” being a separate category from secular life, and applying that definition to Islam.

Same could be said for Judaism. Same has been said for Judaism, both to its praise and its denigration.