WASHINGTON — American Muslims should work toward the accommodation of religion in the public square rather than the banishing of it, the Muslim American Society has concluded in a new position paper.
“Muslims should join the call for an interpretation of the Constitution that accommodates religion, rather than stifles it, and support initiatives that would tend to promote religiosity in public life,” the Falls Church, Va.-based society concluded in a document, “Religion in the American Public Square: An Islamic Perspective.”
The paper, released Feb. 27, declares court rulings interpreting the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause have caused government to be neutral about “whether God exists at all.” That form of neutrality, the society says, has caused the establishment of a belief that God does not exist as “an official belief system.”
“Banishing religion from the public square does not result in a vacuum, but in the monopoly of irreligion,” the society states.
The statement affirms religion as a means for contributing to strong families, encouraging charity and providing strength in overcoming addiction.
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