Re: What is your argument against secularism?
Shamraz, we have a whole bunch of confused people here. They think secularism mean there will be a strip bar next to your house where whole night drunk people will be dancing in the street.
Any society can not exist without making laws to safeguard the rights of the people, without taking too much personal liberties. You have made excellent points regarding driving which also involves risks for pedestrians. We don’t ban driving, we make rules and regulate it by imposing speed limits in urban areas.. by zoning the areas around school.. etc etc.
When we are advocating secularism, we are not advocating complete insensitivity towards people’s rights for the sake of personal liberties. We are saying we should regulate the society through collective wisdom by drawing a balance between liberty and rights of others.. without bringing religious orientation of a particular group of people in a multicultural society in state’s decision making.. I fail to understand why people can not register this simple fact as every society in the world is multicultural today and must remain sensitive to every member of the society..