Politics has no religion

Centuries-long Western view that religion has no social role and does not have anything to offer to humanity and human political organization is still prevalent in academic discussion. Separation between religion and politics has always been seriously debated and discussed. While Islam does not subs...

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Main Author: Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling iium-629242018-03-27T09:03:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62924/ Politics has no religion Ra'ees, Wahabuddin JC Political theory Centuries-long Western view that religion has no social role and does not have anything to offer to humanity and human political organization is still prevalent in academic discussion. Separation between religion and politics has always been seriously debated and discussed. While Islam does not subscribe to secularism and separation of religion and politics, yet many in the Muslim World argue that religion should not be politicized. Many see this trend as deviation from Islam’s original approach to relationship between religion and politics, yet some argue that some Islamists groups and parties in the Muslim World such as Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt under President Mohammad Morsi adopted secularism as a strategy rather than state philosophy to convince their secular citizens that they all can live in harmony in under one roof or political system. 2017-04-25 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62924/1/Politics%20has%20no%20religion.pdf Ra'ees, Wahabuddin (2017) Politics has no religion. In: Politics has No Religion Forum 2017, 25th April 2017, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
Politics has no religion
description Centuries-long Western view that religion has no social role and does not have anything to offer to humanity and human political organization is still prevalent in academic discussion. Separation between religion and politics has always been seriously debated and discussed. While Islam does not subscribe to secularism and separation of religion and politics, yet many in the Muslim World argue that religion should not be politicized. Many see this trend as deviation from Islam’s original approach to relationship between religion and politics, yet some argue that some Islamists groups and parties in the Muslim World such as Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt under President Mohammad Morsi adopted secularism as a strategy rather than state philosophy to convince their secular citizens that they all can live in harmony in under one roof or political system.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
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title Politics has no religion
title_short Politics has no religion
title_full Politics has no religion
title_fullStr Politics has no religion
title_full_unstemmed Politics has no religion
title_sort politics has no religion
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/62924/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62924/1/Politics%20has%20no%20religion.pdf
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