ISLAMIC REPUBLICS AND NATIONSThough there have historically been many regimes that could be interpreted as primitive Islamic Republics, in the modern era there have been very few. Today, the creation of Islamic Republics is the rallying cry for many hard line Muslim fundamentalists all over the world. Many of these Muslims advocate the abolishment of the monarchies of the Middle East; regimes which they believe to be overly secular or otherwise destructive to Islam. As the