ABSTRACT

Secular philosophies similarly posit their own frameworks, each with their premises, in order to make sense of some of the very phenomena for which religion claims to offer answers. Despite the endeavour of secular philosophies to fully account for social phenomena, there is much that slips through the conceptual net. The point is that given the nature of that which is sought to be explained, any attempt to achieve analytic omnipotence is doomed from the very start. Muslims and Christians are singled out for hate and the former are especially held responsible for the imagined ills of the majority. Religion is no more inherently conservative or fascist than secular philosophy is, by definition, liberatory. Many contemporary forms of organised violence and discrimination have a secular basis.