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Secularism — Political Science STD 11 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceSecularism5 Marks
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What do you understand by secularism? Can it be equated with religious tolerance?
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Answer

Secularismis:
  1. State has no religion of its own.
  2. No, discrimination among the people on the basis of religion.
  3. Every religion is equal before law.
  4. Every citizen enjoys freedom to reside with freedom and dignity in any part of country.
Equating of secularism with religious tolerance:
  1. Religious tolerance is a powerful base of secularism, i.e. state has positive attitude due to sense of religious tolerance but they do not treat all sects equally.
  2. Secularism provides fundamental rights to minority religious groups within the dominion of state.
  3. The religious tolerance is not a right but a mutual sympathy.
  4. Secularism opposes to intra-religious domination because, if religious tolerance is allowed only, then the people of majority will dominate the people of minority.
  5. Indian secularism emphasizes on peaceful co-existence refer to equal respect towards all religions and their practices and clarity in case of ambiguity.
  6. Under Indian secularism, religiously sanctioned caste-hierarchy are not acceptable.
  7. Though secular state does not have to treat every aspect of every religion with equal respect, but it stops disregard towards the genuine aspects of other sects or religion.

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