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what is a secular state??

A secular state is a concept of secularism, whereby a state or country is officially neutral in matters of religion, neither supporting nor opposing any particular religious beliefs or practices. A secular state also treats all its citizens equally regardless of religion, and does not give preferential treatment for a citizen from a particular religion over other religions. Most often it has no state religion or equivalent."

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Quite basically, secularism refers to the belief that religion has no place in the day to day activities of governing bodies. eg. the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.

Specifically, the noun, secularism, is a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.....!!@@!!

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India is a secular state because the kind of diversity that exists in our nation makes its sustenance impossible without being secular. This is because India has almost every religious group within its population, there are hindus, muslims, Christians, parsis, budhhists, jains etc. thus, supporting one religions would lead to riots and disturbances in our society. Hence, India is a secular state.

 

 

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"A secular state is a concept of secularism, whereby a state or country is officially neutral in matters of religion, neither supporting nor opposing any particular religious beliefs or practices. A secular state also treats all its citizens equally regardless of religion, and does not give preferential treatment for a citizen from a particular religion over other religions. Most often it has no state religion or equivalent

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A secular state does not promote any religion and provides the right to its citizens to practice and preach any religion of their choice. India is a secular nation.
 

 

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A secular state is a concept of secularism, whereby a state or country purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion. A secularstate also claims to treat all its citizens equally regardless of religion, and claims to avoid preferential treatment for a citizen from a particular religion/nonreligion over other religions/nonreligion. Secular states do not have a state religion or equivalent, although the absence of a state religion does not guarantee that a state is secular. A minority ofsecular, communist or dictatorial nations have historically enforced the extreme of the concept, state atheism, on their populations by way of religious censorship and persecution.

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