God or the state?
Good question. Render unto Caesar, and all that.
I think that the trick is knowing which authority belongs to Caesar, and which do not.
Paying taxes? Caesar. Raising children? That isn't Caesar's job. It's our own job. God said so. Too many of us give it to Caesar, though, and stupidly expect a good outcome.
Perhaps these sorts of things are God's way of telling us to listen to His authority on such matters.
Caesar has dumbed down the expression of Christian faith. In the meanwhile, Islam takes little hit at all and sometimes a boost!