welfare state and secularism all interject forming a very interesting amalgamation worth observing. While there are around six valid marriage laws in India, property laws are different for Hindus and Muslims. The concept of the Hindu joint family assumes so much importance that it is interwoven into many laws. The government has a Haj subsidy fund worth Rs. 632 crores and also utilizes around Rs.500 crores to organize the Hindu Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand (Alam, The Idea of Secularism and the Supreme
SECULARISM IN INDIA - MYTH OR REALITY? ekam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti This popular Rigvedic phrase, says that "all religions are same". A most common translation runs as "truth is one; wise call it by many names". Is it really so? No other term has been discussed, interpreted, re-interpreted and misinterpreted in our country as “secularism”. The term in fact is confusing and confuses many! The beginning of the Preamble to our Constitution describes our country as a Sovereign Socialist Secular
The first words when I saw the book "Islam and Secularism" by Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas is "Simple" (cover and title). But after I read page to page, the language used slightly difficult "philosophical" to understand, and I need to read repeatedly to understand the sentences. Moreover, this is the first time I read a book by Al-Attas, because during my undergraduate I do not know the Islamic concept of learning. As a student, I just read the western books and learning western psychological theories
a peaceful, supposedly homogenous society, distanced from the Islamic world. This groundwork introduced a key notion, the one of “Secularism”, which was to become the foundation of the development of Turkey. Atatürk relied
Question of Origin As Secular Humanism their beliefs are that humans were created without the help of God. Some believe that Secular Humanism developed out of the 18th century Enlightenment and 19th century freethinking. The more our nation embraces secularism, the more it becomes like ancient Israel, where “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6; 21:25 King James Version). 2. The Question of Identity Secularists believe that man is the measure of all things, that morals are man-centered
Secular humanism paper “There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn’t true, and the other is to refuse to accept what is true.”-Soren Kieikergaard. Secular Humanism is a comprehensive, non- religious life style, incorporating; a naturalistic philosophy, a cosmic outlook into science, and a consequential ethical system (Secular Humanism). Sadly, SH has become rather obsolete because their ideology conflicts with modern day Christianity, thus resulting in a rather melancholy relationship
Since secularism is basically a western term formed by the European Enlightenment thought, it is difficult to adjust it to an Asian people group. It is even hard for Western nations to depict secularism; whether it implies presence of a state treating every single religious gathering fairly, or a state whose activities are totally isolated from religion. Secularism in India can't be just inspected by utilizing Donald Smith and Charles
Introduction Secularism in India means break even with treatment of all religions by the state. Not at all like the Western idea of secularism which imagines a detachment of religion and state, the idea of secularism in India imagines acknowledgment of religious laws as tying on the state, and equivalent support of state in diverse religions. With the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India sanctioned in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution declared that India is a mainstream country. On
Secularism and Feminism have significantly effected on Muslims in France in term of identity issue. In this paper, how do Secularism and Feminism impact on Islamic identity of Muslims in France will be discussed. Besides a cause of an opposition to a prohibition of wearing Islamic headscarf among Muslim girls and women will be added, a comparison between the perspective of French feminism and Muslim feminism toward “wearing hijab” is also revealed. Keywords: Secularism, Feminism, Islamic identity
the Singapore government has always maintained and advocated a secular stance in its governance of Singapore. In the Singaporean context, the separation of politics and religion promoted by the government can be classified as a form of ‘modest’ secularism as