List of Islamic Countries based on Secularism.

List of Muslim Majority Countries based on Secularism :


Secularism means there will be no state religion for the country and people are free to practice any religion of their choice. State shall treat every citizens equally irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

Secularism and Islam

My dear friends a malicious and fake propaganda is always run by right wing groups all over the world especially in India that there are no muslim majority countries in the world who follow the principle of secularism in their governance. This type of argument is always given to prove that Muslims do not follow secularism and they are against democracy. 

There are 50 Islam majority countries in the world. But we should understand that there are 24 countries in the world where muslims  are in majority and they follow the principle of secularism and 4 countries don't declare that Islam is the state religion in their country.

And almost every 19 state religion country where official religion is Islam have also constitution enshrines and there are laws against blasphemy, proselytizing by non-Muslims and converting from Islam. But the constitution also guarantees freedom of worship as long as it does not contradict public policy and morals. And last one Islamic States have adopted Islam as the ideological foundation of the state and constitution.


Secular states in the Muslim world have declared separation between civil/government affairs and religion :


  • Albania
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Chad
  • Cote d’Ivoire
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bisseau
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Cyprus
  • Palestine
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan


These are neutral states where the constitutional or official announcement regarding status of religion is not clear or unstated :


  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • Sudan
  • Syria

The following Muslim-majority nation states have endorsed Islam as their state religion :


  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Brunei
  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Maldives
  • Malaysia
  • Morocco
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Sahrawi Republic
  • Somalia
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates


Islamic States have adopted Islam as the ideological foundation of state and constitution :


  • Afghanistan
  • Iran
  • Mauritania
  • Oman
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Yemen

Muslim majority countries classified according secularism.


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