Moderate Secularism and Multicultural Equality
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Moderate Secularism and Multicultural Equality. / Lægaard, Sune.
In: Politics, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2008, p. 160-168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Moderate Secularism and Multicultural Equality
AU - Lægaard, Sune
N1 - Paper id:: DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2008.00325.x
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Tariq Modood argues that European states are only ‘moderately secular' and that this kind ofsecularism is compatible with public accommodation of religious groups and provides a model ofMuslim integration appropriate for European states. Although attention to the fact of moderatesecularism provides a response to a prominent argument against multicultural accommodation ofreligious minorities, what is really at stake in discussions of multiculturalism and secularism arepolitical principles. Modood's case for accommodation of Muslims along the lines of moderatesecularism presupposes a normative conception of equality, but his characterisation of multiculturalequality is inadequate in several respects
AB - Tariq Modood argues that European states are only ‘moderately secular' and that this kind ofsecularism is compatible with public accommodation of religious groups and provides a model ofMuslim integration appropriate for European states. Although attention to the fact of moderatesecularism provides a response to a prominent argument against multicultural accommodation ofreligious minorities, what is really at stake in discussions of multiculturalism and secularism arepolitical principles. Modood's case for accommodation of Muslims along the lines of moderatesecularism presupposes a normative conception of equality, but his characterisation of multiculturalequality is inadequate in several respects
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Sekularisme
KW - Lighed
KW - Multikulturalisme
KW - Tariq Modood
KW - Secularism
KW - Equality
KW - Multiculturalism
KW - Tariq Modood
U2 - DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2008.00325.x
DO - DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2008.00325.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 160
EP - 168
JO - Politics
JF - Politics
SN - 0263-3957
IS - 3
ER -
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