[MasterGunner01]

This combining of Islam, the religion, and Islam, the state, is exactly one of the reasons why Singapore split from Malaysia in 1965. Malaya, including Singapore, became independent from the UK as Malaysia in 1963, but the Singaporeans -- majority Chinese, British, and Indian -- always butted heads with the predominantly Muslim Malays. Two years after independence from the UK, Singapore wisely bailed out.

The Republic of Singapore is an independent city-state on a 276 square mile island. Population is 5.5 million and the Port of Singapore is the second busiest in the world after Shanghai and first in the transhipment of cargo. It has four official languages: 1) English, 2) Mandarin (Chinese), 3) Tamil (Indian), and 4) Malay.

[Viennacon]

Singapore is paradisical. No Sharia law, but certainly a focus on elements of social conservatism that all faiths can agree on. That combined with a free market that encourages huge investment, and a strict immigration system, makes a model for other countries around the world. I only with their immigration process was a little more lax :D