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Religious studies

Religion and secularism

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Scholar
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3
Status
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  • Outline in preparationOpen edX
Before you begin The Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council is a peer-to-peer network. It is not a university and acts for no government, party, corporation or faith body.Contested subject

A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.

In context

  • Contested subject This subject is contested. Every side is shown with its sources, and nothing here endorses a position.

How this course handles evidence

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To verify
A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.

Sources

Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.

  1. Reyhaneh Sadat Nili, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavinejad, Majid Asadi Farsani (2023). REFLECTION OF RELIGION IN TEXTILES DURING THE SAFAVID PERIOD OF IRAN. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.8118260
  2. Jamsheed K. Choksy (2026). Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran: A Socio-Legal Analysis. American Journal of Islam and Society. DOI 10.35632/ajis.v43i1-2.3905
  3. Krzysztof Izak (2025). Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty-Year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East. Terroryzm. DOI 10.4467/27204383ter.25.039.21816
  4. Seyed Mohammad Javad Gorji, Saideh Garousi, Soodeh Maghsoodi (2025). The Interplay of Religion, Tradition, and Modernity in Shaping the Evolving Lifestyle of Youth: A Qualitative Study in Mashhad, Iran. تداوم و تغییر اجتماعی. DOI 10.22034/jscc.2026.22522.1200
  5. Religion and Society in Iran (2013). Iran. DOI 10.4324/9780203043349-10

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Perspectives and disputes

Contested subjects show every side with sources. Nothing here endorses a position.

A map of the main positions, each with its own sources, is in preparation.

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01About this course

Part of Religious studies. Religious studies examine religions, their texts, practices and communities without favouring any.

Levels
Scholar
Wave
Wave 3
Discipline
Religious studies

02What happens next

Its outline is written first, then reviewed by the responsible A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, toolkits and the field itself; the charter calls it a College.. Teaching starts only after review.

A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

It shows
You finished the course and its assessment.
Scope
This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
Validity
A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
Withdrawal
Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
Not an endorsement
Completion does not mean IDCDC endorses you, your work or your views.
Charter roles
Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.

03Study on Open edX

Where the units, your progress and the assessment live once the course opens.

Outline in preparation

The study platform is set up after the outline is written and reviewed. Nothing is open yet.

You choose how the study platform knows you: a pseudonym by default, or your real name with a A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry. email. Your choice is made on this site and can be changed.

04Your progress

Lessons, completion and your course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role., kept for you.

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Course achievement
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05Who teaches it

Teachers are named here when the course opens.

  • Course lead

    Forming

    A teacher of the subject, named here when the course opens.

Outline review
A community of practice in the Academy reviews the outline before teaching starts.
Teach with us
Offer to teach or review this course

06Further reading

Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.

  1. REFLECTION OF RELIGION IN TEXTILES DURING THE SAFAVID PERIOD OF IRAN

    Reyhaneh Sadat Nili, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavinejad, Majid Asadi Farsani · 2023 · Zenodo

    ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran: A Socio-Legal Analysis

    Jamsheed K. Choksy · 2026 · American Journal of Islam and Society

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND

  3. Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty-Year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

    Krzysztof Izak · 2025 · Terroryzm

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  4. The Interplay of Religion, Tradition, and Modernity in Shaping the Evolving Lifestyle of Youth: A Qualitative Study in Mashhad, Iran

    Seyed Mohammad Javad Gorji, Saideh Garousi, Soodeh Maghsoodi · 2025 · تداوم و تغییر اجتماعی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  5. Religion and Society in Iran

    2013 · Iran

    ChapterCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence), 2026-10-23.

07Record

Every course is a public good. Its record follows the charter’s publication rules.

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CC BY 4.0
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Use
Do not use this course or its completion to imply endorsement or political standing.
Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Religion and secularism. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/religion-and-secularism/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Religion and Secularism.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/religion-and-secularism/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_learn_catalogue_religion_and_secularism,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Religion and secularism},
	url = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/religion-and-secularism/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/learn/catalogue/religion-and-secularism/},
}

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