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The outstanding features which distinguish Muhammad's system may be summarized under nine points: (34:1)

1. Patriotism was a part of the Faith (34:2)

2. Only Muslims were full citizens; minorities, such as Christians and Jews, enjoyed freedom and protection, but not the full brotherhood of Islam (34:3)

3. There was one compulsory language for all, the adoption of which was made a basic condition for citizenship in the Muhammadan empire (34:4)

4. There was no class distinction, and an equality of rights among all Muslims was established (34:5)

5. There was unity in ritual and religious tradition (34:6)

6. There was freedom of thought and reconciliation of science and religion (34:7)

7. There was a juridical system with its laws and courts of justice independent of the will of the Government (34:8)

8. True and real membership in the nation was assured to every citizen as in a modern democracy (34:9)

9. It was a theocratic state (34:10)

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