To be truly secular:

(i)A state must not only refuse to be theocratic but also have no formal, legal alliance with any religion.

(ii)The separation of religion-state is however an necessary but not a sufficient ingredient of a secular state.

(iii)A secular state must be committed to principles and goals which are at least partly derived from non-religious sources.

(iv)These ends should include peace, religious freedom, freedom from religiously grounded oppressions, discrimination and exclusions, as also inter-religious and intra-religious equality.