Question 1
How can a state be truly secular?
Solution
To be truly secular:
(i)A state must not only refuse to be theocratic but also have no formal, legal alliance with any religion.
(ii)The separation of religion-state is however an necessary but not a sufficient ingredient of a secular state.
(iii)A secular state must be committed to principles and goals which are at least partly derived from non-religious sources.
(iv)These ends should include peace, religious freedom, freedom from religiously grounded oppressions, discrimination and exclusions, as also inter-religious and intra-religious equality.
