Good point, any theocratic philosophy is a threat to constitutional democracy. Canada had a  blasphemy law. 

Violent theocrats are much worse - regardless of their religion. 

I only meant to say that The Premier was probably referring to violent Muslim theocrats which is essentially what an Islamist is. But the term is too close to Islamic and ends up stereotyping the religion. 

Given that the Ottoman empire ended just 100 years ago,  the link to religious rule is more recent in Islam. About the same time the Federal Reserve was created in America and they are still fighting about that!