Ideally there is no clerical ulama class, which prevents an elitist or theocratic government. Whether termed a religious, a theocratic, or even a secular theocracy, an Islamic state is not a government of the ulama.

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Turabi (1983). Esposito, John (ed.). Voices of Resurgent Islam. p. 245.

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