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Secularism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Secularism can also be the social ideology in which religion and supernatural beliefs are not seen as the key to understanding the world and are instead segregated from matters of governance and reasoning. Proponents of secularism have long held a general rise of secularism in all the senses enumerated above, and corresponding general decline of religion in so called 'secularized' countries, to be the inevitable result of the Enlightenment, as people turn towards science and rationalism and away from religion and superstition. In this sense secularism is linked to the sociological concept of secularization and may be upheld as an academic thesis, rather than advocated as a desirable state of affairs. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secularism   (1484 words)

Pseudo-secularism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pseudo-secularism is the state of implicit non-secular trends in the face of pledged secularism. Some examples of allegations about Pseudo-secularism are (note, that these give the complaints brough forth, not necessarily a balanced representation of all issues involved.): The state’s organs and bureaucracy’s participation in religious rituals and symbolism, such as during the inauguration ceremony of a state building, are not considered as at odds with secularism, Such events are common and can even be considered secular as long as all major religious priests and uals are represented. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pseudo-secularism   (859 words)

Nilacharal - A Tamil entertainment ezine presenting interesting contents and useful services Secularism is on trial but not in the court of Indian constitution but in the court of forces which have nothing to do with the values emerging from India's freedom struggle, Indian constitution and those who have nothing to share in common with the type of values which Gandhi's Hinduism represented. As we are aware the concept of Secularism in Indian context was the underlying theme of movements as diverse as the one represented by Bhagat Singh, Communists, Ambedkar and Indian National Congress. While secularism is the base of democracy, the concepts of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, in contrast Hindutva bases itself on the concept of religious identity being the prime determinant of nationhood. www.nilacharal.com /news/view/v94.html   (1676 words)

Spiritual Atlanta - Message Board Thus the present system of pseudo secularism or atheism is a total failure because the divine government is not recognised properly. Instead of such pseudo secularism, it is better not to have secularism at all. In atheism you deny the God and in pseudo secularism you forget the God. www.spiritualatlanta.com /messageboard/read.asp?id=229   (1531 words)

[Goanet]bjp a reactionary response ( an article from 1992 archives ) Unless the secular forces can be firmed up to defend secularism as separation of religion from state and politics, the erosion of secular values cannot be checked and national unity be defended. Genuine secularism requires recognition that Hinduism is the cultural essence of Indian society and its binding force. The secularism practised by the Congress and other bourgeois parties sees secularism as the right of all religions to be treated equally. www.goanet.org /pipermail/goanet/2004-May/013063.html   (6059 words)

A secular response Those who refused to compromise on secularism were hard put to explain Hindutva's seemingly unstoppable `Long March' through the institutions, and the growing influence and rising votes of the BJP in election after Lok Sabha election. And here, secularism is not an option; it is an absolute necessity, an imperative, moreover one that is in keeping with the Constitution, itself closely linked to the ideals of the freedom struggle. One of the strengths of the book is the attempt (in essays by Neera Chandhoke, Martha Nussbaum, Zoya Hasan and others) to root the conception of secularism not so much in a cultural or historical context as in the spirit of the Constitution with its emphasis on democracy, equality, universal citizenship rights and inclusiveness. www.flonnet.com /fl2115/stories/20040730002207700.htm   (1784 words)

The Hindu : Pseudo-secularism — I Hinduism is tolerant, Islam is not; the Congress and Left who proclaim secularism are ignoring the cultural and historical realities of India and so are "pseudo-secularists." Unless these theses can be dealt with at a theoretical and ideological level, it seems to me to be very difficult to deal practically with the Hindutva ideological challenge. Secularism, meaning simply the neutrality of the state towards religious communities, may well be necessary in today's plural society — but it still requires a foundation, a moral vision to make such a state possible. Their alternative is to argue that Indian tradition was inherently tolerant, that it is rather the modernising state, homogenising and interventionist, requiring a monolithic "national culture" to back it up, which has been the root cause of the rise of the various forms of violence and growing alienation of religious groups seen in India today. www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/01/20/stories/2003012000481000.htm   (1168 words)

Institute of Islamic Studies and Centre for Study of Society and Secularism While for others secularism and secular philosophy was sine qua non for the nation, for the Hindutva forces construction of Ram temple became sine qua non for the country. Thus it will be seen that the secularism has lost its philosophical appeal and the new so called secular leaders who have emerged on the scene during and after the Babri Masjid episode, are more concerned about their vote-banks rather than the secularism of a lofty political philosophy. According to him, "there is no issue of secularism or communalism in the state", and "corruption and jungle raj in the state should be the main plank", and he also declared that he was ready for electoral alliance with the BJP, the Samata Party, the Congress or the Left parties. ecumene.org /IIS/csss12.htm   (1910 words)

The Examined Life » Blog Archive » What do we do about Imrana? Excuse me, but secularism means that the government does not interfere in an individual’s religious beliefs and practices, not that it leaves entire groups of people at the mercy of their religious leaders. Excuse me, but secularism means that the government does not interfere in an individual’s religious beliefs and practices, not that it leaves entire groups of people at the mercy of their religious leaders. In the comments to an earlier post, RR makes the strange assertion that if secularism is really practised according to its original sense, the government would respect the ruling of the Mullahs. www.ravikiran.com /2005/07/01/what-do-we-do-about-imrana   (1390 words)

Article In the early 1980s, it was the BJP leadership, which raised the controversy about secularism in describing it as western concept unsuitable for Indian culture and Indian society and then dubbed it as ‘pseudo-secularism’, based on ‘appeasement of minorities’. Secularism in India means that the state remains neutral to all religions and ensures that the religious majority does not reduce our democracy to majoritarianism; where minorities are protected and are free to follow their religion without any hindrance. All of us know that a secular issue like UCC was communalised by the BJP leaders only to create anti-minority feelings among the Hindus and to damage harmonious relations between the two communities. www.epw.org.in /showArticles.php?root=2004&leaf=02&filename=6888&filetype=html   (1477 words)

Welcome to rediff.com Realistically, the fourth estate is largely responsible for the patronisation of pseudo secularism in the country. This secularism slogan is used only for political gains.The majority community in India is divided in the lines of caste, creed and subcastes.On the contrary the so called minorty community votes on the basis of the whip issued by their religious leaders.Naturally the votes of the minority community makes the diferrence between winning and loosing. The pseudo seculiarists exploit this situation for their own political interests.One would be delighted if the pseudo seculiarists fulfill their election promises and bring about the economic upliftment of atleast the minorities.They say they are maintaining communal harmony and providing security to the minorities. mboard.rediff.com /board/board.php?boardid=news2005jan28koul   (701 words)

Category:Secularism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Secularism   (97 words)

My thoughts - Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Entries If you follow even with boredom, the sound bytes of Indian politics, the words secularism & pseudo secularism are bandied about freely. Pseudo Secular: Profess non alignment to any religion but the use of religion to further their end is cloaked. One principal party accuses the other of being non-secular i.e communal & in turn gets accused of being pseudo-secular. o3.indiatimes.com /sanjeev_/archive/2006/01/18.aspx   (404 words)

Central Chronicle--Column And only a strong, national, committed and genuinely secular political party can liberate India from the shackles of pseudo-secularism; and tackle the issues of terrorism, Article 370, uniform civil code, rehabilitation of Kashmiri Hindus, and crores of Pak-Bangla infiltrators threatening Islamization and dismemberment of India. Though 'Secularism' is a sublime concept, it has been driven to dismal depths by its drum beaters and chorus singers in India. Edifice of fake secularism has to be dismantled to liberate India from crores of Pak-Bangla infiltrators, terrorists, anti-national elements and all other oddities being touted as secularism. www.centralchronicle.com /20050709/0907302.htm   (1084 words)

IndiaStar Review of Books. "Tipu Sultan, Villain or Hero," reviewed by C.J.S. Wallia But secularism in India became the greatest protector of closed creeds [Islam and Christianity] which had come with foreign invaders and kept tormenting the national society for several centuries." This pseudo-secularism, foisted by Nehru, is "a magic formula for transmuting base metal into 24-carat gold.... Genuine secularism in India will finally emerge from the Hindus' forgiveness of Islamic history in India, not from the pseudo-secularists' self-deluding denials and glossy cover-ups tacked onto the documented facts of that history. Indian State TV's promotion of the serial's pseudo-history, in the name of secularism no less, was a flagrant exercise of pseudo-secularism. www.indiastar.com /wallia7.htm   (1511 words)

The Hindu : Pseudo-secularism — II Second, a defence of "secularism", or any view that the state in the modern world should distance itself from traditional religious communities, has to begin with a critique of the ideas that religion and society were uniquely intertwined in India, and that Hinduism was uniquely tolerant. In arguing that Nehru's secularism was at best a holding action since it was in fact imposed "from outside" the political process, he stresses that the process of building a politically negotiated agreement among different religious groups and communities requires fighting hierarchies such as Brahmanism. There have been two forms of Congress secularism — the Gandhian version, which believed Hinduism was tolerant, and the Nehruvian version which added that whatever the characteristics of the various religions may have been, it did not matter because economic development and scientific culture would provide a sufficient basis for secular tolerance. www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/01/21/stories/2003012100571000.htm   (1160 words)

SMART Secularism "does not translate into minorityism," he further stated. Democracy and secularism are assets for India "because they are inherently Indian," Advani told his listeners. Speaking in Hindi, which he proudly proclaimed was his "mother tongue" and the language in which he believed he could best express himself, Advani stated that he did not agree with those people who say that secularism is the cause of India's problems. www.sikhmediawatch.org /news/newsdetail.asp?newsid=430   (778 words)

IMC India - Satire on Indian Pseudo-secularism This is why secular leaders Soniaji and Priyankaji went for the Maulana’s funeral later, to express theirsupport for the cause of secularism in India. It is because of the Babri demolition and the Nuclear blasts by the fascist Hindu nationalists, that Pakistan invaded Kargil. We, as secular, liberal and neutral historians, had earlier warned that all this will happen if our infallible truth (that there was no temple beneath the Babri mosque) is not propagated and forced down the throats of RSS fascists. india.indymedia.org /en/2004/02/209173.shtml   (2264 words)

Suhail Ahmad Banglori's Blog - Suhail Ahmad Banglori web blogs, Suhail Ahmad Banglori blogger in India The most vocal champions of secularism turn out to be cowards on closer examination, shouting down the weak and kowtowing to the strong. There is a general uneasiness about the state of secularism in India, and people sometimes voice their misgivings in a muted way. Malkum was an advocate of science and secular education. www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=973   (2000 words)

Muslimedia.com In Arabic, Tamimi tells us, "secularism" is translated "either as ‘ilmaniyah, a neologism derived from ‘ilm (science or knowledge), or ‘alamaniyah, derived from ‘alam (world or universe)." He also highlights the many different understandings and usages of these terms, which are as varied and complex as understandings of secularism in the West. Instead we get a brief and badly-organised paper by Esposito, promisingly titled ‘Islam and Secularism in the Twenty-First Century’, which fails completely to live up to its title. Two non-Muslim academics provide perspectives on secularism from within the Western tradition. www.muslimedia.com /ARCHIVES/book02/espobk.htm   (831 words)

Central Chronicle--Opinion Instead of welding various religious communities into one vibrant nation, various political parties and their governments have been following pseudo secularism and sectarian agenda which have crippled the nation. Fake secularism practised by various political parties is the chief culprit for India's siege and various problems facing the nation. Though 'secularism' implies separation of State and religion, and non-discrimination on grounds of religion, in India 'secularism' has been equated with anti-Hinduism. www.centralchronicle.com /20050622/2206306.htm   (722 words)

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial As for the idea of pseudo-secularism that brought the BJP to power and persuaded secular parties to throw their lot with it, we have seen in Gujarat exactly what it means. It means that a political party that openly rejects secularism will openly target Muslims and openly deny them justice or protection under the rule of law. It had its finest moment when the masses flocked to the call of Advani’s rath yatra because of the perception then that something had gone fundamentally wrong with Indian secularism. www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020511/edit.htm   (5797 words)

The propragation of Truth alone can save India Pseudo secularism and anti religious stances of the leaders have resulted in terrible corruption in every walk of like as in Russia. The moral decay of India during 50 years of the rule of secularism is more than the decay during 500 years of foreign domination. There had been no riots in the BJP-ruled states and yet those government were dubbed communal and dismissed by pseudo secular leaders who formed alliance with pro-Pakistani Muslim league. pages.intnet.mu /tulsikrith/india.html   (1347 words)

News Headings Mr Singh made a fresh attack on the Congress for its remarks that Hinduism was the only guarantee of secularism in the country and accused the party of misleading the minorities through "pseudo-secularism". He said a concrete proposal could not be taken on the future course of action the RLM would adopt for strengthening the front in the absence of Mr Vaghela. www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb02/head2.htm   (437 words)

Seriously Sandeep / Pseudo Secularism Hall of Shame Cynical Nerd makes a telling statement in this entry on the Varanasi bomb blasts: the secular media gets a violent orgasm only when their pet “minorities” are hurt, otherwise it’s business as usual. Mr Manmohan Singh, after all, is Mr Arjun Singh’s junior in politics and has got a job that the one-time Madhya Pradesh strongman believes should have come to him as early as 1991, or so he and his acolytes believe. This is the disturbing conclusion emerging from the initial findings of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee, headed by Justice (retd) Rajinder Sachar, looking into the social, economic and education status of the Muslim community in the country. www.sandeepweb.com /category/pseudo-secularism-hall-of-shame   (1488 words)

Sulekha News : Indian News, World News, Latest news from around the World Jinnah's true secularism (he atleast envisioned secular Pak) is in stark contrast with mosie ass licking variety of "secularism" practised by CONgress in India. As a strongly pro-indian believing in the true secularism (not the p-sec of congress and the leftist press), I would wish a DEBATE would occur in pakistan on the intentions of Jinnah and other leaders in formation of Pakistan. Whatever it is advani by professing to his psec credentials has given a resounding slap to all the pseudo hindus and the esteemed brainless members of bsangh brothelhood.. www.sulekha.com /news/newsitem.aspx?cid=425903   (1256 words)

IndiaWorld on the Net In practice this vision has been often misused so that a unique version of distorted secularism seems to have taken shape in India, which can be at best described as pseudo secularism. The so-called 'secularism' rampant in India is a perversion of that reasonable idea: in India it is contrived to mean the active involvement of the State in supporting certain religions (Islam, Christianity and Marxism) and oppressing others (Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism). India, as the Indian constitution envisions it, is expected to be a secular democracy, in which all citizens enjoy the same rights and duties, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion and sex. www.india-world.net /op-ed/pseudosecularism.html   (2264 words)

Ryze business networking secularism is a fart of indian politiks.it manouvers the votebank. Secularism is tool used or misused by political entities to misguide people for the benefits of these entities. For me, secularism means respect for all religions. www.ryze.com /posttopic.php?topicid=509688&confid=1857   (4156 words)

Special Reports - Hindu policy So if the BJP's idea of 'real' as opposed to 'pseudo' secularism has appealed to a wide cross-section of Indians, it is almost entirely because the Congress Party had, since the early 1980s when its Muslim-Dalit vote-bank began to disintegrate, been a quasi-Hindu party itself. Secularism means that the State should be neutral in matters of religion and should not patronise any particular faith. The Republic of India with its secular constitution received the biggest blow in its 45 years of existence when the entire might of the Indian State stood aside to allow the rampaging mobs of fanatics to destroy the 16th century Babari Mosque in Ayodhya. www.muslimedia.com /ARCHIVES/special98/hindu.htm   (966 words)

Pak`s true secularism vs India`s pseudo-secularism The education ministry never bothered to inquire, as most people familiar with the discipline of biology logically would, as to why there were references to jehad in the biology textbook in the first place. America`s hypocrisy apart, it is in Pakistan`s interest to delete from textbooks hate material and ensure today`s schoolchildren are groomed into liberal, democratic, secular Pakistanis, harbouring hatred for none and love for all. He wanted to show by the way in which he spoke with fervour and passion for Pakistan that he has been able to enter the jugular vein of an average Pakistani which ought to compel national attention, if not international notice. www.indiacause.com /redirect.aspx?redirect=/columns/OL_060313.htm   (2522 words)

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