ABSTRACT
This chapter sketches developments in the study of secularism in international relations that have enabled the identification of secularism as a worldview, ideology and specific ontology, rather than the neutral universal arbiter of public reason it has long been assumed to be. It argues that secularism constitutes a specific kind of ontology that dominates global institutions with regard to migration and that this dominance of secularism in turn constitutes an ontological injustice. The chapter develops an ethical framework for decision-making and public discussion that draws on both political ontology and deep equality in an attempt to address the ontological injustice in dealing with displacement. It suggests that thinking of the dominance of secularism as a form of ontological injustice may be a helpful analytical tool in endeavouring to develop alternative frameworks for ethics and solidarity beyond the categories of 'religion' and 'secular'.
