Abstract
Faith in spiritual being was a result of many fears, considered as evil working against human beings. Religion became a source to fight this evil, and therefore, it existed throughout the human history, though there were periods where it was thought to be losing its vigour. With the passage of time different judgments developed over the debates regarding religion and politics. Religion was linked with civilization by many scholars or, in other words, was explained and identified based on its followers’ milieu despite the fact that one civilization had followers from different faiths. In addition, civilizations are differentiated by history, language, culture, tradition and religion. The process of globalization, on the one hand, increased the interaction among different civilizations and, on the other, intensified the differences and commonalities among them. The study explores whether religion and politics have direct bearing on each other and whether they influence individual and state behaviour or not.