Secular ideology itself enables racial exclusion, not the religion it blames.

Evidence

These concessions entail the secular’s supposed endurance of the suspension of its enlightened, liberaldemocratic principles (that would, of course, delegitimize the application of a racially driven inclusion and exclusion). Yet, this racially logical principle of inclusion and exclusion stands at the core of the allegedly secular ideology upon which the nation-state is established and in the name of which it exercises its sovereignty. Thus, relying on the rhetoric of “forced” concessions to religious demands, it is secular ideology itself that facilitates the implementation of racial inclusion and exclusion. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 690

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Israeli ‘secular’ identity is only definable negatively as not-religious. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 774; An ideology is racialized by its impact on racialized populations even without racist intent. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1836; The secular is a contingent doctrine, not an emancipation from religion — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 931 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious racism stems from group identification and conformity values, not theology itself. #corroborates (0.85) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 76
• An ideology is racialized by its impact on racialized populations even without racist intent. #expands (0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1836
• Secularism produces the unconnected citizen against racialized others #expands (0.80)
• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. #corroborates (0.80) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86
• The secular is a contingent doctrine, not an emancipation from religion #corroborates (0.78) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 931
• Secularism is an enactment of transcendent identity, not an intellectual doctrine #expands (0.75)
• The secular is neither a continuation nor a negation of the religious. #corroborates (0.75) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 101
• Secular and religious categories are historically constructed, not essential. #corroborates (0.75) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 103