ABSTRACT
What should the relationship between religion and the State (and its legal systems) be? Answers to this question would vary with the fundamental values that guide a society and its polity. For instance, if the whole polity is geared towards the domination or hegemony of the religious over the secular or of one religion over other religions, then its legal and political structure is bound to be different from a polity that is driven by a desire to undermine institutionalized religious domination and to build an inclusive society with maximum freedom.
