Sir, this is not the Caliph we're talking about, its the President of Pakistan. And the President is not my spiritual guide, neither is the Caliph for that matter - one of the beauties of Islam is that we don't have a clergy even though now a days the Mullahs have pretty much interjected themselves as our clergymen.
As I said, the dynamics have changed. In ages past, had we conquered any Christian land, the inhabitants would have sided with the Christian army in case of any attempts to retake the land and as such a significant legislating capacity was not given to them. In our time the dynamics have significantly changed and religious sentiments would never evoke anti state activity in Pakistan because our minorities are a part of us. Consequently, the way I see it, 3 kinds of states, involving Muslims, can exist in today's world :
1) An overwhelmingly Muslim majority state (Pakistan, Turkey) - Where the Islamic identity is protected and nurtured by virtue of the democratic voice of the majority. But religious and legal pluralism is not compromised.
2) A state where both Muslims and Non-Muslims are in the abundance (Lebanon) - Where a compromise solution is determined and an ethnicity or language based nationality is formed instead of a religiously motivated dominant culture.
3) A state where the Muslims are in a significant minority (USA) - Same as 1) but with Us having switched positions with 'them'.
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