Secular State - Former Secular States

Former Secular States

  • Iran - Became a secular state in 1925 after Reza Pahlavi was installed as Shah. Islam was re-instituted as the state religion in December 1979 following the adoption of a new constitution.
  • Madagascar (1960–2007) Constitution with "laïc" removed
  • Iraq (1932–1968) - Became a secular state in 1932 after Iraqi independence. Islam was instituted as the state religion in 1968 following the adoption of a new constitution.

Read more about this topic:  Secular State

Famous quotes containing the words secular and/or states:

    “... the generation of the 20’s was truly secular in that it still knew its theology and its varieties of religious experience. We are post-secular, inventing new faiths, without any sense of organizing truths. The truths we accept are so multiple that honesty becomes little more than a strategy by which you manage your tendencies toward duplicity.”
    —Ann Douglas (b. 1942)

    “How many people in the United States do you think will be willing to go to war to free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?”
    —Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)