The Secular State: The Vietnamese Experience by Nguyen, Son Nam

“…In state atheism, the issue of secularism is frequently deemed a matter not of “separating religion from the state”, but “separating religion from society” or “rejecting religion from society”. …”
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Syariah Regional Regulations in Aceh and Banjar: An Aspect of Religious Freedom by Ahmad, Rusniah, Fikri, Zainal, Halim, Rohizan

“…It argues that the nature of such bylaws cannot be explained solely in terms of Islamic law because there are other norms which served as the bases. They are secular ideological values of respect and freedom. …”
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Impak kolonial terhadap pendidikan orang Melayu by Mohd Yusop, Izzati

“…Based on other studies and research paper done in this field, there are eight impact of colonial education system towards the Malay community which is 1) Secular Education; 2) Dualistic Education; 3) Systematic Education System; 4) Double Class Education; 5) The Exclusion of Indigenous Culture; and lastly 8) the Emancipation of Malay Women. …”
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Towards a Maqashid sharia-based conceptual framework of Islamic financial reporting in Indonesia: criticizing “Economic” decision usefulness objective by Birton, M. Nur A., Sholihin, Mahfud

“…Many criticisms are addressed to BFSFS because it is seen as carrying the interests of capitalism, imperialism and secularism. This article aims, first, to criticize the concept of "sharia principles" used as the foundation for the development of BFSFS in Indonesia; second, to criticize the use of decision usefulness concept as the main objective of sharia entity financial report adopted by BFSFS; third, to initiate maqashid sharia as the foundation of sharia Conceptual Framework of Financial Reporting development. …”
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Typology of contemporary Islamic movements by Fozi, Yahya

“…They have been emerged in response to one or more factors such as West colonization, intellectual decline and domestic autarky, hasty secularization of Islamic societies, military defeats of Muslims from aliens. …”
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DAP’s opposition of Malaysia as an Islamic State by P. Rajanthiran, R. Sivaperegasam

“…The DAP party stalwarts maintained that Malaysia was a secular state since Independence and ought to continue remaining so in the best interests of a pluralistic Malaysia. …”
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Islam and freedom of religious expression in Malaysia by Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin

“…This triggers a political debate in defining Malaysia as either an Islamic or a secular state which makes the nonMuslims uneasy. The purpose of this paper is to study about the practices of Islam and religious expression in Malaysia particularly during the era of Najib Razak‟s premiership before the regime collapsed on 9 May 2018.It used qualitative method via discourse analysis by assessing the legal documents and political decisions on religious expression and private speech in Malaysia. …”
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Religious festival marketing: Distinguishing between devout believers and tourists by Wang, Kuo-Yan, Kasim, Azilah, Yu, Jing

“…The study concludes that while festival goers are influenced by secularization to some extent, the original doctrine of the religion epitomized in the festivals fundamentally retains the essence and spirit of its religious rituals. …”
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Relevance of Guru Granth Sahib for interfaith understanding by Singh, Daljit

“…Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the living Guru from which the Sikhs seek guidance to formulate their response to the secular as well as religious affairs.It is the principle source from which the Sikh concept of life--social, religious, cultural, intellectual etc. derive its meaning and authority. …”
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Skepticism of the Western system on justice by Mohd Noor, Noor Farihah

“…Unfortunately, since the world has been dominated by the secular system; divine law has slowly been rejected and has been taken as irrelevant and backdated. …”
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The interminable surge in internal conflicts in Nigeria: The legal and socio-economic implications by Ekpa, Shedrack, Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal

“…Regrettably too, the current civilian rule which began from 1999 till date have been preoccupied with incidence of internal violence to the extent this period alone took a lion share of the estimated figure in that more than 100 of such cases had occurred within this relatively short span of time.Most devastating till date is the incidence of a sectarian group under the aegis of Boko Haram whose official name is "Jama'aru Ahlis Sunna Lidda' Await Wal-Jihad" which in Arabic language means "People Of The Way Of Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Unto Him) And Community (Of Muslims) In Line With The Earlier Generation Of Muslims" as opposed to the literary meaning of Boko Haram which is "Western Secular Education Is Forbidden" This group though founded in 2002 launched its first military operations in 2009 to support their call for an Islamic state in the North Eastern Nigeria.Boko Haram has unleashed massive terror on Nigerian citizens as well hampering its economic wellbeing to a deafening degree (Shaibu, Saleh & Shehu, 2015).…”
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Presenting women as sexual objects in marketing communications: perspective of morality, ethics and religion. by Alam, Md Mahmudul, Aliyu, Ahmed, Shahriar, Shawon Muhammad

“…It also mentions the scopes of further research, which could lead the secular world to modify their moral values and come closer to the norms of other civilized societies. …”
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