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Secularism Media Scan
This webpage offers a database of English-language news stories about secularism, beginning in January 2023. Users can search by date, country of origin, or topic. Top stories are featured at the top of the page.
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03 February 2026
Quebec minister Drainville is consultating on the province's new secularism bill 9 at the National Assembly. The new secularism bill strengthens secularism in the education system and public services.
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Prime Minister condemns assault on Muslim woman aboard Ottawa bus | 12/08/2025 | CTV News | This article examines how Prime Minister Mark Carney condemns the assault incident on a Muslim woman in Ottawa. |
Far-Right Ban on Muslim Holiday Prayers in Spanish Town Fuels Islamophobia Debate | 11/08/2025 | Morocco World News | This article expands on how far-right has placed a ban on Muslim holidays and festivals. The debate over this matter has fueled, with many individuals calling this ban Islamophobic. |
There's space for all of us in sport': Shahad Alouch represents N.S. at Canada Games | 10/08/2025 | CBC News | A Nova Scotia athlete has shown great determination to break stereotypes and religious barriers by competing in sports competitions with wearing her hijab at Canada Summer Games in light of the growing secular tensions. |
If Somebody Attempts To Remove Secularism From Constitution, It's Intended To Create Mischief
| 09/08/2025 | Live Law | This article examines the attempts to remove secularism from the Indian constitution. |
Modern day hijab styling in Malaysia is a statement of one's identity, faith and fashion | 08/08/2025 | The Korea Herald | This article describes the growing wear of the hijab in Malaysia as a statement of identity and faith. |
They want us erased': Weightlifter resists plans to ban hijab in French competitive sport | 08/08/2025 | The National News | This article examines the protest against the hijab ban in French competitive sports. |
Police bar Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says | 07/08/2025 | The Times of Israel | This article examines how the police has allegedly bared a Muslim cleric over sermon at Temple Mount. |
Outrage as Spanish town bans Muslim religious festivals from public spaces | 06/08/2025 | The Guardian | This article describes how Spanish towns are banning Muslim religious festivals from all public places in order to prevent religious influence. |
UK Islamist’s Libel Lawsuit Backfires in Court | 05/08/2025 | European Conservative | This article examines how the ongoing defamation case regarding a Muslim activist who was filmed defaming Hinduism. |
Iranian Official Says ‘Not the Time’ for Strict Hijab Enforcement | 05/08/2025 | Iran Wire | This article examines how the Iranian official states that it is unnecessary to reinforce strict hijab enforcement in Iran. |
Filmed assaults on women in Iran spark outrage | 04/08/2025 | Iran International | This article explains how various filmed assaults on women in Iran has sparked controversy and the call for a secular state. |
Should religious symbols be allowed in public buildings? | 03/08/2025 | Reno Gazette Journal | This article describes the debate over religious symbols in public buildings and government buildings. |
Man held for moral policing, abusing hijab-wearing woman in Hyderabad | 02/08/2025 | Hindustan Times | This article examines how an individual was held for moral policing, abusing hijab-wearing women. The increased moral policing and public harassment continues to impact various religious minorities. |
From marginal religious groups to mainstream Christians, there's a shift in Supreme Court cases | 02/08/2025 | USA Today | This article explains how the marginal religious groups are shifting to mainstream Christians in recent Supreme Court cases. |
A New Threat For Federal Workers: Being 'Persuaded' About Their Religion | 01/08/2025 | Huff Post | This article examines how the Trump administration may expand limitations on its federal civil servants ability to discuss their religious beliefs at their employment. |
Rishad urges Health Minister to uphold Muslim women’s right to wear Hijab in Trincomalee | 01/08/2025 | Daily Mirror | This article represents how the right to wear the Islamic headscarf in Trincomalee in order to uphold their constitutional rights. |
Vatican embraces social media 'digital missionaries' | 31/07/2025 | France 24 | This article examines the growing influence of digital missionaries across Rome. |
Dr. Farooq urges unity beyond regional, religious, linguistic lines | 31/07/2025 | Kashmir Reader | This article examines how the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah is urging for greater unity beyond religious and religional influences in Kashmir. |
Record number of groups to speak at Supreme Court case against Quebec secularism law | 30/07/2025 | The Globe and Mail | This article examines how a new record number of groups will be intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada on Quebec's Bill 21 matter. |
Trump’s religious rhetoric clashes with Canada’s secular politics | 29/07/2025 | AP News | This article describes how President Trump's religious rhetoric differs from Canada's secular politics. The rare invocation of religion in public represents the growing nature of secularism in Canada. |
Churches in once Catholic-dominated Quebec get new secular roles as restaurants, gyms and theaters | 29/07/2025 | The Independent | In Quebec, Catholic churches are increasingly becoming transformed into new secular roles. The deconsecrated and transformed role of churches also aligns with the decline in regular church attendance across Quebec. The new secular roles are reinforced to gather believers and non-believers in order to promote secular values and live free from religious impositions. |
Sufism upheld secularism: Chief Justice of India | 28/07/2025 | Greater Kashmir | This article describes how the Chief Justice of India, Justice Gavai credited Sufism for upholding the constitutional values specifically secularism in Kashmir. By acknowledging the co-existence of secularism and Sufism , Justice Gavai reaffirmed how Sufism promoted secularism in India. |
Not nuns, secular Constitution has been held captive'; Catholic Church's mouthpiece lashes out | 28/07/2025 | Kaumudi Online | This article describes the Catholic church's opposition to the Indian political party, BJP, over the arrest of two Malayali nuns as a form of holding the nation's secular Constitution captive. |
Kashmir is paradise on earth, Sufism promoted secularism: CJI Gavai | 27/07/2025 | The Indian Express | This article expresses the ongoing debate on Indian secularism. Chief Justice of India Justice B R Gavai stated that Sufism has reinforced and promoted secularism. |
Secular and religious agree on need for Libya’s gradual energy subsidy reform | 27/07/2025 | Libya Herald | This article describes the ongoing debate in the secular and religious spheres in Libya. The call for a religious reccomendation resulted in increased debate. |
Word 'secularism' to stay: Mayawati welcomes Centre's assurance | 26/07/2025 | The Hans India | This article examines how the Bahujan Samaj Party welcomed the Union Law Ministers statements on ruling out any intent to remove the word 'secularism' from the Indian Constitution. |
Woman reports being forced to remove hijab at protest camp outside of refugee centre in Wicklow | 25/07/2025 | The Journal | This article expresses how many women are being asked to remove their hijab at the protest camp outside of a refugee centre in Wicklow. |
India and Bangladesh are reexamining secularism in their constitutions | 24/07/2025 | Global Voices | This article examines how India and Bangladesh are reexamining religion and secularism within their constitutions. |
No current plan or intention to remove ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ from Preamble of Constitution, Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha | 24/07/2025 | The Hindu | This article explains how there are no plan or intention to remove the words of 'secularism' and 'socialism' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. |
Naqvi slams Akhilesh Yadav over mosque meeting, calls it 'betrayal of secularism' | 23/07/2025 | Punjab News Express | This article examines how Senior BJP leader, Mukhtar Naqvi criticized other MPs for sitting inside a mosque near the Indian Parliament in light of the rise of secularism. |
Germany has an Islamophobia problem – and it’s costing Muslim women their lives | 22/07/2025 | TRT Global | This article explains how Muslim women in Germany are increasingly becoming targeted through hate crimes. |
72 constitution divided nation through Bengali nationalism, says NCP | 21/07/2025 | New Age BD | This article examines how the Bangladesh Constitution has divided the nation. The ongoing debate between secularism and religion remains at the forefront of the conflict. |
UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations | 21/07/2025 | AP News | This article examines the UN's growing concern over the Muslim women and girls protesting and violating the dress code in Afganistan. |
Muslim women speak on health, social bias, and emotional challenges | 20/07/2025 | The Times of India | This article explains how Muslim women in India face significant challenges in light of the growing influence of secularism. |
Hidden Muslim Communities in the Basements of Prague | 19/07/2025 | Radio Prague International | This article explores the hidden Muslim communities in Prague regarding the secular influence in the country. |
Uttarakhand introduces daily Bhagavat gita recitation in schools, sparks debate on secularism | 19/07/2025 | Prameya News | This article explains how the introduction of a daily Bhagavat gita recitation in Indian schools has sparked growing debate in light of the country's secular values. |
Constitutional underpinnings—why the demand for the removal of ‘secular’ & ‘socialist’ is legally unsound? | 18/07/2025 | The Print | This article expresses the demand for secular and socialist to be removed from the Preamble on the basis that it is against the constitutional mandate. |
Apocalypse in the Tropics: a 'troubling' portrait of modern Brazil | 17/07/2025 | The Week | This article describes the growing rise of right-wing evangelic Christianity in Brazil. |
The need to protect India’s linguistic secularism | 16/07/2025 | The Hindu | This article describes the need to protect India's linguistic secularism and the secular character of the nation. |
George Jacob Holyoake and the Indian Constitution: How secularism was born and travelled the world | 16/07/2025 | The Indian Express | This article examines how the word secular remains debated in the Indian Constitution. |
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