The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Idea of Secularism

How do the Islamic conservatives in Iran define the concept of secularism? And how do the Islamic
conservatives use the concept of secularism to argue for the Islamic state? The word secular and
secularism have become known among not only
intellectuals in Iran but also among a large welleducated Iranian population. 1- Although we can
find several translations of the word “secular” into Persian, 2- The word secularism used and
pronounced as the English word in the academic
debates- there are nonetheless different interpretations of secularism in Iran. 3- The debate
about secularism is not new in Iran, what has changed is that since the beginning of 2000 is that
there are large numbers of published works, with diverse interpretations, and a rise in the interest of Iranians generally about secularism. What is curious about this is that a large number of books
and articles about secularism have published inside of Iran by Islamic conservatives.