European Muslim Network

This paper has the humble aim of providing a short survey of the current state of theory and practice of state-church relations in Europe and the United States.

We have argued that while the distance between the formal institutions of Religion and Politics is healthy for society, the Humanist solution (in which theological discourse retreats from the public sphere) is unsatisfactory. The Church and Ummah must find a way of continuing to be public spaces in a pluralist world.

There is an urgent need to clarify our position regarding the idea that Islam maintains a confusion of categories when it comes to the religious, social, and political aspects of life.