Affirmed Claim
In this passage, Shahrur links the construction of the civil state to a set of elements including pluralism, freedom of opinion, and the separation of the individual religious sphere from state authority.
The author links the law of change in social becoming to the construction of the civil state; the envisioned state is founded not on despotism or political sanctity, but on pluralism, freedom of opinion, and the separation of the individual religious sphere from state authority.
The claim affirmed here is thus the setting of a limit on political authority with regard to this sphere, rather than the presentation of a detailed definition of all the functions of religion or the state.
What the Evidence Alone Does Not Establish
The quoted text does not clarify the mechanisms of separation, the scope of the individual religious sphere, or whether it has specific forms in the public sphere. It is therefore not valid to turn this claim atom into a broader claim about abolishing religion or about a detailed constitutional arrangement without additional evidence.
Reading Path
For the broader context: Muhammad Shahrur: State and Society, and The Civil State, Religion, and Authority. For the terms appearing in the evidence: the civil state and pluralism. In the structure of the book, it is also connected to The Story of Moses and the Righteous Servant Symbolizes the Conflict Between Knowledge and Law.