Question

What is a secularism?

Answer 1

secularism simply means that we don't follow any religion and all religions are equal to us.

Answer 2

Secularism is the principle of the separation of government
institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from
religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of
such is termed secularity ). One manifestation of secularism is
asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings,
or, in a state declared to be neutral on matters of belief, from the
imposition by government of religion or religious practices upon
its people. Another manifestation of secularism is the
view that public activities and decisions, especially political ones,
should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs or practices.

Secularism draws its intellectual roots from Greek and Roman
philosophers such as Epicurus and Marcus Aurelius ; from
Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke , Denis Diderot ,
Voltaire , Baruch Spinoza, James Madison , Thomas Jefferson, and
Thomas Paine ; and from more recent freethinkers and atheists
such as Robert Ingersoll, Bertrand Russell , and Christopher
Hitchens .
The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary
widely. In European laicism , it has been argued that secularism
is a movement toward modernization, and away from traditional
religious values (also known as secularization). This type of
secularism, on a social or philosophical level, has often occurred
while maintaining an official state church or other state support
of religion. In the United States , some argue that state secularism
has served to a greater extent to protect religion and the religious
from governmental interference, while secularism on a social
level is less prevalent.