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'''Islamistan''' ([[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: اسلامستان) literally means ''Islamland'' or ''land of Islam''. The term is [[Persian language|Persian]], (also used in [[Pashto language|Pashto]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]]) and refers to the concept of ''[[Dar al-Islam|Dar-ul-Islam]]''.

(contracted; show full)started to speculate that Pakistan's natural habitat includes [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and the [[Central Asia]] Republics." Pipes then writes that "Sometimes called ''Islamistan'', this region gets counterpoised against the Arabic-speaking south." <ref>http://www.danielpipes.org/article/242</ref>

Some suggest that [[Imam]] [[Khomeini]] in [[Iran]] also spoke of a united [[Shia]] ''Islamistan'' with Iran as the capital.{{
factCitation needed|date=May 2011}}

==See also==
*[[Shu'ubiya]], movement of non-Arab Islamic civilisation

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