{"id":90,"date":"2013-11-21T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=90"},"modified":"2015-04-14T21:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T05:51:40","slug":"lecture-on-islam-and-secularism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Islam and Secularism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture Title: Islam and Secularism<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: Principles of Sprituality and Islam<\/p>\n<p>Time: August 2007<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2036\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2036','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=90-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"E200710.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few decades, the West views Islam largely as a challenge \u2013 and a threat- to secular society. The rise of Islamically motivated political movements in the Middle East and Africa has alarmed Western analysts and policy makers. However, the point often overlooked in the discussion is that secularism is largely a product of the West; it has its roots in the Western experience with religion (i.e., Christianity) and the failures of the Christian Church in organizing public life during the Middle Ages. But contrary to popular perception, authentic Islam is not inherently opposed to secularism.  In this lecture, we will explore the fundamental teachings of secularism and what authentic Islam has to say about them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2037\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2037','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=90-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/E200710.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"E200710.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","category-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}