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State atheism or atheist state is the incorporation of hard atheism or non-theism into political regimes.[27] It is considered the opposite of theocracy and may also refer to large-scale secularization attempts by governments.[28] To some extent, it is a religion-state relationship that is usually ideologically linked to irreligion and the promotion of irreligion or atheism.[29] State atheism may refer to a government's promotion of anti-clericalism, which opposes religious institutional power and influence in all aspects of public and political life, including the involvement of religion in the everyday life of the citizen.[27][30][31] In some instances, religious symbols and public practices that were once held by religions were replaced with secularized versions of them.[32] State atheism in these cases is considered as not being politically neutral toward religion, and therefore it is often considered non-secular.[27]
The majority of communist states followed similar policies from 1917 onwards.[9][28][30][33][34][35][36] The Soviet Union (1922–1991) had a long history of state atheism, whereby those who were seeking social success generally had to profess atheism and stay away from places of worship; this trend became especially militant during the middle of the Stalinist era, which lasted from 1929 to 1953. In Eastern Europe, countries like Bulgaria,[34] East Germany and Czechoslovakia experienced strong state atheism policies.[28] The Soviet Union attempted to suppress public religious expression over wide areas of its influence, including places such as Central Asia. Currently, China,[28][33][36][37] North Korea,[36][37] and Vietnam,[38][9] are officially atheist.
Cuba[35] was an atheist state until 2019, when a change in its constitution declared it a secular state.[39]
In contrast, a secular state officially purports to be neutral in matters of religion; it does not support religion, nor does it support irreligion.[27][40][41] In a review of 35 European states in 1980, 5 states were considered "secular" in the sense of religious neutrality, 9 considered "atheistic", and 21 states considered "religious".[42]
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