is it necessary mecca(haram sheriff) to be nominated as independent country like vatican city?
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Actually I agree. Although I do not believe it is "holy" at all, I believe that other people do have a right to their beliefs and that in order to preserve that right it would be best to make Mecca and independant country.
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There 192 countries... here is a full list.  191 of these countries are part of the united nations, and the 1 country that is seperate is vatican city.\n\nA | Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | \nB | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belize | Belgium | Benin | Bhutan | Bolivia | Botswana | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Brunei | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | \nC | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | China: Hong Kong | China: Macau | China: Taiwan | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | \nD | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | \nE | East Timor | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | \nF | Fijii | Finland | France | French Guiana | \nG | Gabon | The Gambia | Gaza Strip | Germany | Georgia | Ghana | Greece | Grenada | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | \nH | Haiti | Holy See (Vatican City) | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | \nI | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland (Eire) | Ireland (Northern) | Israel | Italy | \nJ | Jamaica | Japan | Jordan | \nK | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea, North | Korea, South | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | \nL | Laos - | Latvia - | Lebanon - | Lesotho - | Liberia - | Libya - | Lithuania | Luxembourg - | \nM | Macao | Macedonia | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Morocco | Mexico | Mozambique | Myanmar (Burma) | \nN | Namibia (1) | Nauru | Nepal (1) | Netherlands (11+5) | New Zealand (10) | Nicaragua | Niger (1) | Nigeria (1) | Norway (4) | \nO | Oman (1) | \nP | Panama | Peru | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Palau | Poland | Portugal | \nQ | Qatar (1) | \nR | Romania | Russia | Rwanda | \nS | St. Kitts and Nevis - | Saint Lucia - | St. Vincent and the Grenadines - | Samoa (1) | San Marino - | São Tomé and Príncipe - | Saudi Arabia (1) | Senegal (2) | Serbia and Montenegro (2) | Seychelles - | Sierra Leone - | Singapore (4) | Slovakia (2) | Slovenia (2) | Solomon Islands - | Somalia - | South Africa (23) | Spain (3) | Sri Lanka (3) | Sudan (2) | Suriname - | Swaziland (1) | Sweden (10) | Switzerland (10) | Syria - | \nT | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Togo | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Tuvalu | \nU | Uganda (2) | Ukraine (8) | United Arab Emirates (1) | United Kingdom (72) | United States of America (317) | Uruguay (2) | Uzbekistan (1) | \nV | Venezuela | Vietnam | Vatican City\nW | West Bank (3) | Western Sahara | \nX | \nY | Yemen | Yugoslavia now Serbia & Montenegro | \nZ | Zaire now Congo, Democratic Republic of | Zambia (1) | Zimbabwe (1) |
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The Pope lives in Vatican City.  Vatican City is considered its own country but is located in Italy near Rome.
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1. The Vatican City in central Rome ranks as the smallest nation of the world. It measures 0.17 square miles.<br />\n2. Monaco. <br />\n3. San Marino.\nHow did they manage to become countries?<br />\n1. The political freedom of the Vatican is guaranteed and protected by Italy. It concordat between the Holy See and the kingdom of Italy signed in 1929 in the Lateran Palace, Rome, by Cardinal Gasparri for Pius XI and by Benito Mussolini for Victor Emmanuel III.<br />\n2. Monaco came under French protection in 1861. However from 1911, when the first constitution was promulgated, the prince of Monaco was an absolute ruler.<br />\n3. According to tradition, Marino, a Christian stonecutter from Dalmatia, took refuge (4th cent) on Mt. Titano, the chief geographical feature of present-day San Marino. By the mid-5th cent., a community was formed; because of its relatively inaccessible location and its poverty, it has succeeded, with a few brief interruptions, in maintaining its independence. In 1631 its independence was recognized by the papacy.
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as far as i know , he is a fine man ..i think leaders of muslim countries should follow his steps regarding turning their countries into non religious ones (religion is in the heart and mind of persons not countries)
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Our nation was founded on the premise that government should be separate from religion.  There's a very important reason for this.  Religious decisions are not necessarily rational, intelligent decisions. That's the reason for all the wacky ideology the Bush administration has given us.\n\nIf you want a country ruled by religion, why not just move to Iran?  Do you propose to turn our country into a Christian Iran?
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Are you kidding?  would you like to have your life run by Somalis? or anyone from the middle east?  c'mon have some sense.. .when the UN has countries like Syria on the human rights committee, we don't need a world government....
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yes.  Your supposed to seperate church and state.
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Yallah ya Mooddy!  U tell me which country policies are the best in the world?  No one is not perfect, but only by GOD himself. His rules/laws are perfect for us to follow. Sad news is that we are living in struggling world right now. Some of us wants to follow and some dont want to follow God's rules/laws. So? Why should we worry about the imperfection of manhood's polices?  You and I are not perfect. So i cant say or judge what i think about US polices or Your country polices...  =)maa el salama
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The Vatican has always been independent and shall remain so...and it has always been a force for peace in the modern world...and aligns itself with no earthly government
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Jerusalem should be like the Vatican, a nation unto itself, it is too important to the western religions and the world to belong to anyone
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That's an interesting question. Anyone, irrespective of religion should be subject to the law of the land not of the religion.\nThe implication of your question is that Islam controls the laws of Muslims.Is that the case?\nIn Indonesia,the worlds largest Muslim land,for example,trafficking drugs carries the death penalty for any one irrespective of race creed or faith.  \nShould a Muslim drug trafficker in Australia,where the penalty for drug trafficking is much more lenient be dealt the death penalty? I don't think so.\nPersonally I think law and religion are or should be totally incongruous . If it was the case that they should be dealt with according to Islam who would carry out the sentence in say the UK or USA or Australia?
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I believe that to run a government successfully and efficiently one must separate church and state.  The Arab countries are a prime example of the failings of religion in government.  The only Arab governments that run any where near successful, are those that control the voice that religion is allowed to play.\n\nI fail to understand why the US government can begin to believe that Iraq could possibly succeed with all the interference it gets from the Sunni's and Shiites.  The Koran is running Iraq, and the damned Iraqi's will have the same fanatical goverment as Iran.\n\nEventually, I believe we will need to go back to the drawing board and help the Iraqi's  form yet another Iraqi government, once everyone there realizes that religion must go, if they expect to form a win win situation.  The Iraqi's will decide their own fate and will appoint their own government, and hopefully we can all go home.
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Yes! Even though separation of church and state exists in this country we also have the freedom of religion. You don't have to pray if you choose not to but should allow someone his or her right to pray at any time or place. How could that interfere with anyone else's freedom?
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No. It would go against the idea of relgious freedom. Just because most of the population is christion does not mean it should be recognized. That would be like saying the US is a white Nation.
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Or you could save all these secret groups and Denmark the trouble and just go live in a pure islamic country.  And what the hell is a Halocaust and hitory?\n\nIt must suck to be you and think everyone wants you obliterated.  That is assuming your wrong......
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No. A land is governed by Islam only if it follows Islamic law. So even many "Muslim countries" today are not governed by Islam.