Analysis of the Theory of Separation of Religious Institution from Government in the Alavi School

Having a glance at the lives of the divine prophets, we can see that they paid attention to the individual and social lives of the leaders of the societies, either in this world or the other world. Moreover, along their vocations, not only did they fight against doctrinal and moral deviations, but they also fought against Social, economic and political deviations and they did their best to redress them. But secularism is a theory that emphasizes the limitations of the role of religion in life and one of the secular main demands is the separation of religious institution from government. Secularists believe that religion is something individual and it should not interfere in life affairs such as government. In the other words, Secularists want a government independent of religion. Thus, the aim of this library research which is problem -oriented, with an Analytical method, is twofold. First, it tries to achieve Alavi approach in the field of religion and politics .Second, it tries to criticize the theory of secularism which is the separation of religion from politics based on the words of Imam Ali (pbuh)