The confusion here is that does Islam accept these changes in the laws or lifestyles that has been written and that some Muslim countries adopt? please tell me which wing of Islam other than wahhabi is open to change -.
change what and why?
what purpose a change will serve?
what branch or faith of Islam is open to change?
of fundamentals of Islam? (Oneness of God, Prophet hood, life After death, judgement..etc) NO one
interpretation still has to conforms to the fundamentals of Islam. in what?
social life.
business, marriage, divorce, professions, possessions, civil and criminal law, international obligations and law etc. where old laws that were decided can be improved upon based on the current times.
examples are blood donation, internet banking, hedging , inheritance, dealing in stock and trade. use of modern methods in science for cure. Islam doesnt stand in the way Spanish Muslims were conducting eye operations during the European darkages
Clerics and Mullahs are no excuse. neither are the child molesting Catholic priests..
the saying of Muhammad is , "seek knowledge even if you have to go to china" (back then China was center of knowledge for that part of the world ..
there is a Quranic verse saying "Tohifo Fe Deen" understand and study the faith.. knowledge and discovery leads to what? change of ideas and way we live our lives .. Islam doesnt stand in the way.
so separating it from state affairs is pointless exercise. what you do have to watch out is ensure that your lifestyle and conduct with society is not against the fundamentals of Islam. its a just like your constitution.. all new laws must back up each other and shouldnt be on an opposite track otherwise you have a chaos