UNVEILING THE ETHICAL DILEMMA: THE IMPACT OF SECULARISM ON ISLAMIC VALUES

ABSTRACT

The relationship between Secularism, ethics, and Islamic religious principles is a highly argumentative topic, sparking fresh discussions on a variety of emerging issues contradictory to Islam. This study examines the complicated interplay between Islamic ethics and Secularism, highlighting the disagreement between the two ideologies. The study explains an Islamic perspective of Secularism and controversial laws that secular governments implement worldwide. The study investigates how Secularism affects Islamic ethics and considers its threats to moral standards and traditional religious beliefs. It illustrates how secular ideologies frequently conflict with Islamic values, resulting in many different unlawful decisions taken by secular countries. It also discusses how secular government affects morals and values in societies of the world, whether they belong to any religion; however, in the case of Muslim societies, these laws are highly debatable.  Moreover, the study argues that even if Secularism might have some advantages for governance, it still has a huge contradiction to ethics and Islamic Values, and it is indeed contradictory to the teachings of the Quran. So, as a Muslim society, we must look deeper into the matter of imposing Secularism on Muslim states, and we must work for the implementation of Islamic law.