Lecture# 1
Rethinking Islam and Secularism
“In the social sciences, one of the commonest theses is the secularisation thesis, which runs as follows.
Under conditions prevailing in industrial-scientific society, the hold of religion over society and its
people diminishes. By and large this is true, but it is not completely true, for there is one major
exception, Islam. In the last hundred years the hold of Islam over Muslims has not diminished but has
rather increased. It is one striking counter-example to the secularisation thesis.”
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