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Every country has a different take on Secularism

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That the government cannot promote any particular religion  Should treat all religions equally The state cannot interfere in any religious community’s activities  Its not allowed to take away someone’s/any religious groups freedom from pursuing their religious beliefs

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Now…have you ever wondered what secularism looks like in different countries like Saudi Arabia?

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Saudi Arabia is actually a non-secular country!!!

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Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocracy and the government has declared the Qur'an and the Sunnah (tradition) of Muhammad to be the country's Constitution. Freedom of religion is not illegal, but spreading the religion is illegal.

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The Constitution of Saudi Arabia starts off by the clause “ The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion; God’s Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, God’s prayers and peace are upon him, are its Constitution”

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Islam is the only religion that is allowed to be practiced publically in Saudi Arabia, and the freedom to practice any other religion in public is non-existent. However, the private practice of other religions in Saudi Arabia is allowed The Mutaween, also known as the “religious police” or Committee for the Protection of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, enforces the prohibition on the public practice of non-Muslim religions

SECULARISM IN SAUDI ARABIA