Strictly speaking, a secular Muslim or a secular Hindu is a contradiction in terms. At best, a secular Muslim, say, is a person who has given up his Islamic faith but remains Muslim culturally. A practising Hindu or Muslim can oppose any attempt by co-religionists to dominate people of other faiths. Likewise, a Hindu is not any less Hindu if he opposes extremism within or religiously grounded caste or gender oppression. This is how a person can be deeply Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian and yet be staunchly secular.

Source: The Hindu April 14, 2018 18:22 UTC