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    India's constitution mandates a secular state to protect religious freedom and prevent the domination of one religion over others. Secularism separates religion and state so that the state does not enforce any particular religion or restrict religious freedom. Indian secularism allows some exceptions, such as non-interference with religious practices or support for religious schools, while also intervening in personal laws relating to inheritance to ensure equality. It differs from strict American separation of religion and state by allowing some state intervention in religious affairs.

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    India's constitution mandates a secular state to protect religious freedom and prevent the domination of one religion over others. Secularism separates religion and state so that the state does not enforce any particular religion or restrict religious freedom. Indian secularism allows some exceptions, such as non-interference with religious practices or support for religious schools, while also intervening in personal laws relating to inheritance to ensure equality. It differs from strict American separation of religion and state by allowing some state intervention in religious affairs.

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    India's constitution mandates a secular state to protect religious freedom and prevent the domination of one religion over others. Secularism separates religion and state so that the state does not enforce any particular religion or restrict religious freedom. Indian secularism allows some exceptions, such as non-interference with religious practices or support for religious schools, while also intervening in personal laws relating to inheritance to ensure equality. It differs from strict American separation of religion and state by allowing some state intervention in religious affairs.

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    What is Secularism?

    India adopted a strategy of separating the power of religion and the power of the
    State. Secularism refers to this separation of religion from the State. The Indian Constitution
    allows individuals the freedom to live by their religious beliefs and practise it.

    Why is it Important to Separate Religion from the State?


    The separation of the State and religion in democratic societies is important because of the
    following reasons:

    1. It helps a country to function democratically.


    2. The tyranny of the majority and the violation of Fundamental Rights can be very harmful
    to the people belonging to the minority. So, it protects people from any type of religious
    violence.
    3. It protects the freedom of individuals to exit from their religion, embrace another religion.
    It gives people the freedom to interpret religious teachings differently.

    What is Indian Secularism?


    The Indian Constitution mandates that the Indian State be secular. Only a secular State can
    realise its objectives to ensure the following:

    ● One religious community does not dominate another.


    ● Some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community.
    ● The State does not enforce any particular religion nor does it take away the religious
    freedom of individuals.

    Steps taken by Indian State to Protect Secularism in India


    The Indian State works in various ways:

    1. It uses a strategy of distancing itself from religion. In India, government spaces like law
    courts, police stations, government schools and offices are not supposed to display or
    promote any one religion.
    2. A strategy of noninterference. This means that in order to respect the sentiments of all
    religions and not interfere with religious practices, the State makes certain exceptions for
    particular religious communities.
    3. A strategy of intervention. This means that to ensure the laws relating to equal
    inheritance rights are respected, the State can intervene in the religion-based ‘personal
    laws’ of communities.
    4. The intervention of the State can also be in the form of support. For example, the Indian
    Constitution grants the right to religious communities to set up their own schools and
    colleges. It also gives them financial aid on a non-preferential basis.

    In what way is Indian secularism different from that of other democratic


    countries?
    There is one significant way in which Indian secularism differs from the dominant understanding
    of secularism as practised in the United States of America. In American secularism, there is a
    strict separation between religion and the State. Whereas in Indian secularism, the State can
    intervene in religious affairs.

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