What do you understand by secularism? Can it be equated with religious tolerance?

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Secularism is a doctrine that opposes any form of religious and intra-religious domination. It does not oppose religion itself.

Secularism cannot be equated with religious tolerance as tolerance may be compatible with religious domination by one group.

However, religious tolerance is one of the components of secularism.

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