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In this paper I analyze C?cile Laborde?s conception of justificatory
secularism. Laborde points out that in her formulation and defense of the
conception of justificatory secularism, she follows Rawls? conception of
political liberalism to a certain extent. For that reason, I first provide a
sketch of Rawls? conception of political liberalism. Then I focus on
justificatory secularism, trying to show to what extent it displays
similarities with the conception of political liberalism, but also how it
differs. I am interested in whether justificatory secularism represents a
better alternative to the conception of political liberalism or whether
these two conceptions should be considered complementary.

Tariq Modood argues that European states are only 'moderately secular' and that this kind of secularism is compatible with public accommodation of religious groups and provides a model of Muslim integration appropriate for European states. Although attention to the fact of moderate secularism provides a response to a prominent argument against multicultural accommodation of religious minorities, what is really at stake in discussions of multiculturalism and secularism are political principles. Modood's case for accommodation of Muslims along the lines of moderate secularism presupposes a normative conception of equality, but his characterisation of multicultural equality is inadequate in several respects.

AbstractThis paper will build on my ethnographic engagement with the Jamaat-e-Islami to explore aspects of a shift in Islamist practice and imagination from the 'state' as the inspiration for projects and movements to the 'market'. In doing so I hope to investigate not just what this might tell us about Islamism in Pakistan, but also about the ability of the state to manage religion more generally. My aim is three-fold: first, to record the particular modalities of changes within Islamism in Pakistan; second, to show that these shifts betray a closer alignment between the global political imagination and Islamism than has previously been acknowledged; and third, in discussing these issues, to explore the implications of the idea of market as an important contender to the dominance of the idea of the state in political mobilizations. While recent discussions about secularism, following Talal Asad,1have tended to focus on the disciplinary force exerted by the state, this paper suggests that the market has emerged as a potentially more significant, though under-recognized, disciplinary force.

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Berlinerblau's latest work, Secularism: The Basics, is a thoughtful, insightful, brilliant, and accessible introduction to political secularism—full of global examples, relevant controversies, and ten core principles that underly the entire secularist phenomenon.

"Religion, Secularism, and Political Belonging rethinks the meaning of the secular/religion relationship across the globe, and with it the approach needed to conduct research in the Global Humanities today, by developing a translational approach to its comparative study of four distinct regions of the world-North America, the European Union, Israel/Palestine, and China"--

After fifty years of independence India maintains a constitutional
commitment to secularism. However, the practice of secularism in India is
now increasingly under attack. In the quest for electoral advantage, the
once-dominant Congress Party, made a series of choices that compromised
India's secular ethos. These choices enabled the explicitly anti-secular
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to dramatically expand its political base
through the pursuit of a blatantly anti-secular and majoritarian political
agenda. In recent years, as a direct consequence of the BJP's rhetoric
and policies, a range of religious minorities have been subjected to
discrimination and violence. Despite this adverse trend it is still
too early to ring the death-knell of Indian secularism. The growing
electoral strength of hitherto disenfranchised groups, the existence
of institutions committed to secularism and the continuing secular
constitutional dispensation offer some hope for sustaining the secular
order in India.

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My article offers commentary about Jacques Berlinerblau's new book Secularism: The Basics.

Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. It brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate the "on-the-ground," actually existing secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. The anthology provides unparalleled theoretical scope and detailed empirical granularity in its treatment of secularism and post-secularism.