The secular-religious divide is itself an orientalist construct.

Evidence

At the same time, the Mizrahi perspective also challenges the “secular”/“religious” dichotomy, another orientalist construct. Meir Buzaglo has suggested lately, following a critique of Zionist policies towards Mizrahi Jews, the figure of the “traditional Jew” who rejects this dichotomy and thereby also resists the dichotomy of East and West. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 677 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The religion-secularism divide is a modern Protestant construction — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 306; The secular-religious dichotomy itself is an orientalist construct — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 677; The Middle East itself is a product of Orientalist construction. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 161 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The secular-religious dichotomy itself is an orientalist construct #corroborates (1.00) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 677