>>Hold on there. Like it or not, Iran is an Islamic state. So of course the most important person in the country (whatever title one calls him by) will be Islamic. Our belief in separation of church and state is not applicable in Iran.
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>It should be. As long a the mosque and state are combined, turmoil such as what it happening this week will plague the people of that country and other like it.

While I agree that theocracy isn't the best system, we're certainly seen plenty of cases of turmoil in countries that weren't run on a religious basis. Unchecked power is really the villain, whatever clothing it wears.

Tamar