The term has also been used for a sovereign state taking a compromise position between a purely Islamic caliphate and a secular, nationalist republic.
The term is currently used in the official title of three states — the Islamic Republics of Iran, Pakistan, and Mauritania.
With it, the entire non-Muslim world will evidentially "capitulate" to its courage and vigor;[7] without it, Islam would fall victim to heresy, "obsolescence and decay".
It was the first country to adopt the adjective Islamic to modify its republican status under its otherwise secular constitution in 1956.
[22] The Chinese Muslim Generals Ma Fuyuan and Ma Zhancang declared the destruction of the rebel forces and the return of the area to the control of the Republic of China in 1934, followed by the executions of the Turkic Muslim Emirs Abdullah Bughra and Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra.
The Islamic prefix to Republic was considered symbolic as it was a name supported by pro-Mujahideen delegates during the assembly of forming the constitution.
The Islamic Republic continued to be recognized by the United Nations as the legitimate government of Afghanistan both from 1996 to 2001 and from 2021 onwards.
[citation needed] In December 2015, the then-president Yahya Jammeh declared The Gambia to be an Islamic republic.
Jammeh said that the move was designed to distance the West African state from its colonial past, that no dress code would be imposed and that citizens of other faiths would be allowed to practice freely.
[24] However, he later ordered all female government employees to wear headscarves[25] before rescinding the decision shortly after.
[26] After the removal of Jammeh in 2017, his successor Adama Barrow said the Gambia would no longer be an Islamic republic.