The concept of secularism originated in the West, although here it has and has had various meanings. Philosopher Charles Taylor says ‘it consists, among other things, of a move from a society where belief in God is unchallenged to one in which it is understood to be one option among others’. In the Muslim world secularism creates several misunderstandings. And yet when interpreted in a certain sense, it could present itself as ‘the third way’ to the crisis of political societies in the Middle East and in opposition to the secular authoritarianism of the state and the rise of religious fundamentalism within the civil society.