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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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Title | Date | Journal | Summary |
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Political secularism has destroyed Indian Muslims: Owaisi on Rahul’s US speech | 31/05/2023 | Siasat Daily | This article describes how the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's president, Asaduddin Owaisi, is advancing that secularism is working to isolate and prevent Muslim representation in India. |
Is secularism synonymous with being pro-West? | 30/05/2023 | Independent Online | This article describes how secularism is tied to the values of pro-West. Secularism is viewed to be equated with democracy. |
Erdogan survived the biggest test of his political career. What's next? | 29/05/2023 | CNN | This article examines the political issues in Turkey in relation to Erdogan, who started to impose religion to play a more prominent role in the public, impeding the secular principles in Turkey. |
The majority in Quebec defends itself | 29/05/2023 | The Suburban | This article describes the ongoing shift to secularism in Quebec and how the province's political leadership continues to defend Quebec secularism as a principle that is not Islamophobic or targeting minority groups. It also states how culture and secularism are deeply intertwined in Quebec to advance the laws on secularism. |
French minister's anti-Muslim diatribe smacks of 'political bankruptcy': Expert. | 27/05/2023 | Press TV | This article describes how controversy sparked after French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin's recent comments, which were perceived by some as Islamophobic and advancing anti-Muslim persecution under the pretext of secularism. |
Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court | 26/05/2023 | The Canadian Press | This article describes how a civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are launching a motion in court against the newly imposed school prayer room ban in Quebec. |
Switzerland’s Crackdown on Islamic Symbols Is Normalizing Anti-Muslim Bigotry | 25/05/2023 | Regional News - New Age Islam | This article describes the measure in Switzerland of banning covering. It also explains how it has been a similar initiative to France, Belgium, and other countries. However, it states how Switzerland focuses on Burqa and not facial coverings in public. |
On hijab ban, Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge says THIS | 24/05/2023 | Mint | This article describes how the Karnataka Minister, Priyank Kharge, demands overturning the orders and legislations enforced under the previous government, including the “hijab ban” in the state. |
TURKEY 2030: HOW DID WE GET HERE? | 24/05/2023 | States News Services | This article describes the political climate in Turkey and how secularism may be impacted due to the AKP partners demanding the ban on LGBT symbols and furthering religious law. |
Eid Al-Fitr School Absenteeism Questioning Sparks Controversy in France | 23/05/2023 | Morocco World News | This article describes how the Islamic celebration of Eid Al-Fitr has sparked controversy at schools in France and how activists are expressing condemnation of the inquiry. |
Outcry in France over checks on children skipping school for Eid | 22/05/2023 | AFP World News | This article describes how skipping school for the Muslim holiday Eid has been debated between trade unions and anti-racism groups after the French interior ministry checked the number of students missing school for their holiday. It also debates the principles of secularism and how France is strict with secularism. |
In the chains of Israel theocracy | 21/05/2023 | Al-Ahram Gate | This article describes how the state and society of Israel have advanced secularism as a collective identity, and it is debated due to religious law. |
Closet Islamophobia behind ‘Kerala Story’ ban | 21/05/2023 | The Sunday Guardian | This article describes how liberal and secular voices from the West are being debated in context of Islam and the Muslim community. |
Archbishop to lead charge against UK immigration bill | 20/05/2023 | Arab News | This article describes how many amendments have been made by the UK government to the Illegal Migration Bill and how it is contested on the basic principles of secularism and fundamental rights. |
ey supporter of Texas school chaplain bill has pushed for evangelism in schools | 19/05/2023 | Crossroads Today | This article describes how the Texas school chaplain bill has instated secularism as its own religion. |
Catholicism Among US Latinos Continues to Decline, Survey Finds | 19/05/2023 | WTTW News | This article describes how secularism is rapidly spreading in the US by examining how catholicism has decreased among the population of US Latinos. |
Muslim groups ask court to quash Quebec's 'discriminatory' school prayer ban | 18/05/2023 | Montreal Gazette | This article describes how Muslim groups are now proceeding to get the school prayer ban in Quebec removed and have labelled it to be discriminatory. |
Quebec Muslim groups sue government over prayer room ban in schools | 18/05/2023 | The Canadian Press | This article describes how certain Quebec Muslim groups have sued the government over the recent prayer room ban in schools and how this has become controversial. |
Political Islam is coming back to the fore in MENA | 17/05/2023 | Tumbler Ridge Observer | This article examines how political Islam is considered to be rising within Morocco. |
Allison Hanes: It's lonely defending anglos in politics | 15/05/2023 | Montreal Gazette | This article describes how debates on secularism create a blur between religion and non-religion in Canada. |
Opinion: Ottawa has no answer to Quebec's anti-immigrant narrative | 14/05/2023 | Montreal Gazette | This article examines how secularism and multiculturalism are being debated in Quebec with the implementation of Bill 21. |
Religious scholar: Canada becoming ‘post-secular’ society | 14/05/2023 | Anglican Journal | This article describes how debates on secularism create a blur between religion and non-religion in Canada. |
Fighting the Religious Fight | 13/05/2023 | The American Conservative | This article describes the controversy with the Pennsylvania school district violating both the free speech and religious freedom rights of Satanists and how the conservatives are contesting that. |
Turkey’s elections: issues, candidates and why they matter | 13/05/2023 | Indian Express | This article describes how secularism impacts Turkey's elections and how it relates to social relations and social issues. |
Welfare without discrimination is true secularism: Modi | 12/05/2023 | The Hindu | This article describes the conflicting interests of religion and secularism in India. |
Turkey's opposition opens up to the hijab | 12/05/2023 | Aljazeera | This article describes the conflicting religious interests in Turkey with Islam and secularism. It described these relations to the hijab and how it has impacted it. |
Christianity's got a branding problem | 10/05/2023 | N.Y. Times | This article describes how there is a declining religious observance in America and how secularism continues to increase. |
Report gives voice to Indigenous Christians, highlights need for religious freedom | 10/05/2023 | B.C. Catholic | This article describes how the Ottawa-based Cardus Institute has given voice to Indigenous Canadians frustrated by secular society’s unawareness and unwillingness to accept their Christian faith. |
Opinion: Bill 23 yet another threat to English education in Quebec | 10/05/2023 | Montreal Gazette | This article describes how Bill 23, a new education reform that would give ministers more power, is being contested as a threat to English education in Quebec. |
Groups want "secularism" axed from Mali's new constitution | 09/05/2023 | La Croix International | This article describes the debate between Muslims wanting references to secularism removed from Mali's proposed new constitution. |
Turkey’s Erdogan is facing re-election to hold onto power - can a divided opposition oust the strongman? | 08/05/2023 | The Conversation | This article describes Turkey's political issues and secular and foreign relations becoming more polarising. |
Belgium will be the first Muslim state in Europe | 07/05/2023 | Arutz Sheva | This article describes how Belgium will be the first Muslim state in Europe and the religion of Islam continues to increase across Europe. |
All we're asking is to be recognised': the Alevis of Turkey struggle for equality. | 07/05/2023 | France 24 | This article describes how the Alevis of Turkey struggle for equality as secularism is rapidly increasing in Turkey. |
Coronation ceremony marks turning point in Catholic-Anglican relations | 06/05/2023 | CRUX | This article describes how the coronation ceremony of King Charles III has shifted Catholic-Anglican relations due to the increasing secularism and mass migration over the elapsing decades. |
Saint François de Laval and the Conversion of Canada | 06/05/2023 | Catholic Insight | This article describes how secularism has shifted the religion and the State in Québec. |
Secular forces should come together to protect Minorities and Uphold Democratic ideals in India: Nasir Khuehami | 05/05/2023 | Kashmir News Service | This article describes how secularism can work to protect minorities and allow for democratic ideals to flourish in India as secular forces remain undermined. |
Is Israel's secular nationalism how God preserves Judaism? | 05/05/2023 | Jerusalem Post | This article discusses the position of Israel as a secular nation as religious references or traditional resonance is diminishing in the country. |
Why Religion Matters in Central and Eastern Europe | 04/05/2023 | The National Interest | This article describes how religion continues to be protected for the stability of the international system compared to secularism. |
Quebec bans "prayer rooms" in public schools | 03/05/2023 | La Croix International | This article discusses the recent ban on prayer rooms in Québec public schools. |
The religious roots of the coronation | 03/05/2023 | The Spectator | This article describes the relationship between religious roots to the coronation and how it impacts the notion of secularism. |
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