Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Halachic state
because: '''1''' This is an important "Jewish" counterpart of the topic about an Islamic state that is part of a very serious debate within politics about the role and goals of religion and Jewish Law aka halacha in the Jewish state of Israel's internal affairs (it helps to explain what underlies the controversy and the goals -- from a religious POV -- relating to much of Israel's Law of Return and issues relating to Who is a Jew? are about), but even more, it is a genuinely encyclopedia topic of what the religious goals of Jewish groups are (as Islamic law would be for Muslims), and it cannot be ignored or wished away. '''2''' This is an important topic within the context of the Haredi Judaism|Haredim and Religious Zionism|Religious Zionists in Israel versus the secular side that opposes it. That an article has been relatively "dormant" on WP and its creator is now gone does not "devalue" it, on the contrary the fact that so many editors have seen fit to work on it and keep it is testimony to its enduring current importance since 200'''7''' https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halachic_state&offset=&limit=500&action=history. '''3''' It is an important concept, notion and political idea of religious origins/goals that underlies what Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews in Israel are working to achieve and what the secular forces are trying to prevent. Sure, the article can use more of a  but the topic is very  and there are plenty of  that prove that it is 100%  that basic googling reveals see https://www.google.com/#q=%22halachic+state%22 "halachi'''c''' state" (with a "c") and https://www.google.com/#q=%22halachik+state%22 "halachi'''k''' state" (with a "k"). '''4''' Thus see such articles as: '''i''' http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/01/opinion/at-home-abroad-people-of-the-law.html At Home Abroad; People Of The Law? (Anthony Lewis writing in the New York Times, 1999: "'Deep down,' said Mordechai Kremnitzer, professor of law at Hebrew University, 'many, though not all, want a halachik state'"; '''ii''' http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/App/TalkBack/CdaViewOpenTalkBack/0,11382,L-3727682,00.html Barkat meets with haredi councilmen over parking lot fiasco (Ynetnews, the online division of Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, 1999: "If the latter is true than why are they calling for a Halachik state? The parking lot is NOT in their neighborhood."); '''iii''' http://www.jpost.com/Features/Religious-Affairs-Whos-afraid-of-a-halachic-state Religious Affairs: Whose Afraid of a halachic state? (report in the prestigious Jerusalem Post, 2009); '''iv''' http://forward.com/articles/14304/the-kingdom-of-judea-vs-the-state-of-israel-/ The Kingdom of Judea vs. the State of Israel (The Forward: "The time has come to establish a Halachic state in Judea and Samaria! It is time for the 'Kingdom of Judea!' The mind reels...", 2008); Here's a comprehensive presentation of the topic, 2003: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/1931#.UtzdrVJOl-8 Op-Ed: A Halachic State Arutz Sheva|Arutz Sheva/Israel National News, a media source that speaks for Religious Zionism: "The simple acknowledgment that we should be a halachic state will be music to HaShem's  Names of god in Judaism|God's  ears..."; and quite a few well-sourced articles, op eds and discourse on this important topic that simple googling uncovers. '''v''' Furthermore, just by utilizing WP's features right here on this page, one can discover serious works of scholarship that refer to this topic: https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Halachic+state%22 "books" yields 266 book sources and  https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Halachic+state%22 "scholar" yields 50 scholarly sources. Efforts should go into incorporating all these into the article, and not into looking for excuses to delete that seem to border on 
— User:IZAK, 08:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NPOV||WP:NOTABLE||WP:RS||WP:V||WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)