Civics Ch - 2 Understanding Secularism — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

For a country to function democratically, it is important to separate religion from the State because
• Discrimination of one religious group by another takes place more easily when one of the religion is given official recognition by the state. Thus, it is important to separate religion and state.
• The separation of religion from state prevents the tyranny of majority and violation of fundamental rights of minorities.
• It helps to protect freedom of individuals to adopt another religion or freedom to interpret the religious teachings differently.