INTRODUCTION

● The term “Secular” means being "separate" from religion, or having no

religious basis.
● A secular person is one who does not owe his moral values to any religion.
His values are the product of his rational and scientific thinking.
● Secularism means separation of religion from political, economic, social and
cultural aspects of life, religion being treated as a purely personal matter.
● It emphasized dissociation of the state from religion and full freedom to all
religions and tolerance of all religions.
● It also stands for equal opportunities for followers of all religions, and no
discrimination and partiality on grounds of religion.

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Meaning of Secularism
● WHAT IS SECULARISM?
Secularism is an attitude or political ideology aiming to eradicate
religion from public and social life, or at least regulate and control
religion, and especially limit its influence on state politics.

● In simple words, Secularism is an ideology that says religion should

not be involved with the ordinary social and political activities of a
country. It dictates that there is no official religion of the state.

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Introduction of secularism in the Preamble of the
Indian Constitution.

● The word 'secular' was added to the preamble of the Indian constitution
in the year 1976 by the 42nd amendment act.
● It means that the citizens have complete freedom to follow and practice
any religion. Unlike countries like the United Kingdom and Pakistan,
India does not have any official religion.
● Thus ‘Secularism’ is the first and foremost doctrine that opposes all
such forms of inter- religious domination.

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