Secularists and Islamists both accept statist control of shari’a.

Evidence

The increasing restriction of shari¯‘a jurisdiction has been seen as a welcome measure of progress by secular nationalists, and as a setback by political Islamists. But both secularists and Islamists have taken a strongly statist perspective in that both see the shari¯‘a as “sacred law” that is presently circumscribed but should in any case be properly administered or further reformed by state institutions. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1219

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the ‘immodesty’ essay’s point that both moralists and reformers share the framework they fight over; also echoes the reader’s interest in how opposing camps share premises.