Abstract
Basic structure of Constitution of Pakistan has always been a source of debate among the
academic, parliamentary and judicial circles. The arguments are divided in secular and
religious notions. The same debate is going on parallel in United Kingdom and across the
world to define the domain of religion in modern constitutionalism. The author aspires to
deal with the question of domain of religion in Constitutionalism of Pakistan by
conducting a comparative analysis of various on-going identical debates in the United
States, the United Kingdom and Egypt. The paper will aim at synthesising the debate of
domain of religion in constitutionalism by defining potentials and limitations of religion
in modern constitutionalism. This will be done by theoretical analysis of arguments of
both parties; people who think religion as potential and the people who wish to put a limit
to the role of religion in working constitutionalism. Most significantly the work will
incorporate the innovative terminological differentiation of ‘Procedural Secularism’ from
‘Programmatic Secularism’ as defined by 104th Arch Bishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan
Williams in 2006.
Muhammad Danyal Khan. (2018) The Debate of Procedural versus Programmatic Secularism; Reflections from Constitutionalism in Pakistan, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume VIII, Issue 1.
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