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Introduction: Political Secularism and Religious Difference in Western Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2019

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Erin Wilson
Jeffrey Haynes*
Affiliation:
London Metropolitan University
Erin Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan University, UK. E-mail: jeff.haynes@londonmet.ac.uk
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Abstract

The introductory paper of this symposium compares the impact of “political secular” governing regimes in the countries of both the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Western Europe. The overall objective is to assess the impact of political secularism in both regions, as a key component of inter-religious and cultural discord and contention with significant political ramifications. The concept of “political secularism,” a contentious term, often lacking in analytical clarity, is briefly assessed. That is, what does “political secularism” mean and what does it look like both within and across Europe and the MENA? Opinions differ from scholar to scholar. As there is no consensus regarding the meaning of the term “political secular,” a core contribution of this introduction is to examine what the term means analytically in the contexts of the MENA and Western Europe.

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Politics and Religion , Volume 12 , Issue 3: Symposium: Political Secularism and Religious difference in Western Europe, The Middle East, and North Africa , September 2019 , pp. 423 - 432
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2019 

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