Is there such a thing as a secular state? How can we find a way to mediate between religion and politics? In a conversation about the meaning of secularism and Islam today, moderated by John Torpey, professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim and
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Patrick Weil tackle these and other controversial and relevant questions. A professor of law at Emory University and author of the recently published Islam and the Secular State, An-Naim joins Weil, a visiting professor of Yale University School of Law from the University of Paris, in a discussion at the Graduate Center. “It is equally important to separate religion from the state as to acknowledge, regulate, and organize the connectedness of religion and politics,” says An-Naim. Weil agrees, while pointing out the difficulties in achieving that. “The secular state has to ensure the freedom of consciousness for the majority of the population–and it’s not always easy to find a way to ensure that freedom.”
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