Secular modernity's coinage of isms and their subsequent relegation into the religious domain and circumscription outside of the secular realm such that the effect of these isms into the secular was now considered illegitimate overreach.
Religion as a transhistorical, transcultural, phenomenon/essence/character/genus/category separated from the secular realms of politics, science, law, and sometimes even morality. The realms of "secular modernity."
According to Fred Donner, the word Islam is only used 7 times in the Qur'an in the sense of a verbal noun form of the idea of submitting to God's will. Muslim is used more often. Islam is referred to as a deen not a religion. Islam is not a religion.
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