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During debates on the political role of Islam and secularism vis-à-vis Pakistan, ‘moderates’ often point out that since there is no concept of the Church in Islam, the faith is inherently secular. They argue that secularism is thus a product of Christian societies because the Church there was once an intermediary institution between man and God, and enjoyed political authority.
So, from the 18th century onwards, when modernity and its many products created new realities, these required a new political paradigm to operate in. It is from this that secularism emerged, to separate the Church from the state and create spaces for the new realities to expand and thrive. Church authority had by then begun to be suspected as an impediment to human progress.
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Posted on June 30th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
OISL REPORT
The OHCHR
Investigation on Sri Lanka” (OISL)
was an investigation initiated by the
office of the UN Commissioner of Human Rights. On 26th March 2014, the UNHRC by resolution
A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1 requested the OHCHR to undertake a comprehensive
investigation into serious violations and abuses of human rights and related
crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka during the period covered by the
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.
The
investigating team consisted of Martti Ahtisaari, President of
Finland, Silvia Cartwright Governor-General of New Zealand and Asma
Jahangir, Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The team
Pakistan Human Rights lawyer, activist Asma Jahangir dies of cardiac arrest
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