A_Wanderer - Islam IS a theocracy, it always was. Islam and Judaism are both theoretically theocracies, they share that in common. The notion behind the theocracy is that religion is all pervasive and permeates the entire social fabric. Therefore, your definition of Islamism as a political ideology to establish a theocracy is incorrect straight off the bat - no politics are necessary for creating the notion of Islamic theocracy, this is the very definition of the religion, and the historical context in which it developed.