How to check whether SELinux is enabled or not?

This is "How To" guide to show us, how one can check the status of SELinux whether it is enabled or not. If you would like to know more about SELinux like what is SELinux, why one should use SELinux and how does it work then click here.

SELinux Overview

Today our topic of discussion is SELinux. We would discuss below points regarding SELinux:

What is SELinux?
Why SELinux?
How does SELinux work?