http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam
It seems according to this, that there were originally two camps within the world according to Islam. The Dar Al Islam (“House of Islam”, the countries that are apart of Islam) and Dar Al Harb (“House of War” i.e. hostile territory, non-Islamic territory).
It is later on, that other defintiions (dar al amn) are brought out to create shades of grey within Islamic jurisprudence.
Indeed this world view perhaps explains many of the Islamic conquests following Islam’s founding with a dichotomy of the world into those for us and those against us.
u take it at this way can u tell me france that have more than 5 millions muslim is it land of islam or land of war
Simply because most people in the world function based on pragmatism, when religious law is in conflict with the pragmatic runnings of the world.
Whether something is on the lawbooks, does not say anything about whether it is followed.
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