The western idea that state and religion must stay out of each other's affairs is called:
AUniversal franchise
BMutual exclusion
CPrincipled distance
DAsymmetric federalism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Mutual exclusion
1. Western secularism means mutual exclusion.
2. The state neither helps nor hinders religion.
3. India chose a different model.
_Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._
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