Lewis and Huntington originated the thesis that Islam never separated religion from politics

Evidence

This argument that Islam is anti-modern flows from the belief that Muslim-majority societies have never seen a separation of religion and politics. Christian Europe critically examined and overcame its religious worldview through the Reformation and the Enlightenment, thus entering modernity; Islam and the “Muslim world” did not. The underlying assumption is that while Christianity was intellectually open to allowing views that challenged Christian dogma, Islam was not. The primary ideologues of the thesis that religion and politics have always been intertwined in the “Muslim world” are Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 326

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 326
• XREF: connects to: Lewis and Huntington argued Islam itself, not fundamentalism, underlies the West’s problem — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 315; Islam never separated religion from the state as Christianity did; Islam never separated religion from other compartments of life (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam never separated religion from the state as Christianity did #expands (0.90)
• Islam never separated religion from other compartments of life #expands (0.85)
• Islam traditionally makes no compartmental separation between religion and other life domains #expands (0.85)
• Islam has practiced de facto separation of religion and politics since the eighth century #contradicts (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 284
• Huntington deemed Islam itself, not fundamentalism, the underlying problem #corroborates (0.80)
• Islam’s early fusion of religion and politics was not unique among world religions #qualifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 316
• Bernard Lewis coined the phrase ‘clash of civilizations’, which Huntington popularized #expands (0.80) — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 470
• The religion-politics separation framework is Christian-specific, not universal #qualifies (0.75)