max, your right, is a matter of 'loose language'.

Pakistan is not a Muslim country, nor is Turkey, nor is the US a Christian country.

All three are democratcies (of varying orders) two of which have a population that mostly consist of muslims, one of which as a population that is mostly christian...

there are country's who's basic law- (civil and criminal) is based on religious tenets, their courts of law, are administered by religious leaders,

- and there are countries that have a majority of the population that hold the same values, (based on religion) and while these values might have an influence on the laws passed, the court systems are control by civil authorities...

Pakistan, and Turkey, and India, and US, would all be part of the latter group.


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