Egyptian state secularism regulates religious practice into state-endorsed forms

Evidence

These reforms have been aimed not so much at abolishing religion fr Egy political and public institutions as at regulating Islamic practices in order to ensure that they take a particular form. In instances when Islamic practices depart from state.-endorsed forms, they are met with the disciplinary force of the state apparatus. One recent ex.. ample was the Ministry of Education’s ban on the donning of the veil in primary schools (grades 1-5), which was ruled constitutional in 1994 when challenged in the Supreme Constitutional Court and subsequently enforced (Herrera 2003 , 1 76-80). — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 533

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the supposition that secular states regulate rather than abolish religion — parallels reader’s interest in dress regulation as disciplinary practice. — connects to: A state channels domestic religious zeal outward to protect its own rule. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1904; The religion-secular boundary is a construct serving Western state power — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 685; A secular state must grant equal treatment across all religious communities — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 312