anyone who has read olivier roy will see how indicative this evangelical manifesto is of "secularized religion." this is neofundamentalism, the revival of religion in response to the extension of a state that is now being worn away by civil society...

one point: you say muslims shouldn't try to dominate the public sphere. neofundamentalists are less interested in trying to dominate the public sphere then be acknowledge within it...ie being allowed to wear hijab in french schools.

secondly, the purpose of being identified theologically is not to emphasize the heterodox (Muslims for Lieberman?) but to de-emphasize any singularity--basically, to prevent the creation in the public mind the specter of a "Christo-fascism" in the vein of the "Islamofacism" farce.

to give a concrete example, the manifesto seems to advocate (from my reading) the "sistani" position on politics in contrast to the (power-focused) "khomeini" or (quietist) "khoei" schools...

finally, unity has its advantages. american muslims are from a position in which power can corrupt us when our country is perpetuating such injustice...it is at minimum, for the time being, the lesser of two evils.