A factor that promoted the spread of secularism was the Church's inability to offer assistance against the Black Death.

The End of Secularism?

It is only through a strengthening of those secular democratic forces that we can hope to gain the upper hand in the battle against terrorism.

The first is secular dictatorship.

Turkey s Secular Fundamentalist Threat

Laws against genital mutilation are not enacted for the sake of secularism, but to protect the physical integrity of young women.

It's a victory for secular democracy in India.

I'm Alvarez from Lisbon daily, O Seculo.

Liberté Conditionnelle explains

Egyptians are drafting their very own secular law on Twitter.

The secular establishment argues that the AKP s moderation thus far reflects the checks and balances implied by secularist control of the presidency.

As with a secular dictatorship, Islamic dictatorship is ugly and destructive.

Why has religion returned to secular and democratic politics?

Think of it as a kind of secular church.

It combined secular policies with a nationalist agenda and had the majority support in the following years against both the rule of the king and the British influence.

Federation des organisations non gouvernementales laiques à vocation économique du Zaire

Aggressive secularists and extremists feed off each other.

Massive public demonstrations were held in Istanbul to support Turkey s Kemalist secular tradition.

The literature of this time was composed of religious writings as well as secular works.

In the secular world we think, If an idea is important, I'll bump into it.

In so doing, the guardians of secular democracy in effect yield the connection between education and values to fundamentalists, who, you can be sure, have no compunctions about using education to further their values the absolutes of a theocracy.

What's the difference between a sermon and our modern, secular mode of delivery, the lecture?

The debate between religious fundamentalism and secular democracy is not a new one on the subcontinent.

Those attitudes and dispositions were transferred from religious texts to secular forms of education.

Eastern Asia The eastern Asia legal tradition reflects a unique blend of secular and religious influences.

Nationalist right wing and statist left of center groups are campaigning against the amendments, Islamist leaning groups support them, and Kurdish groups advocate a referendum boycott, wishing to support neither the old establishment nor the current government.

Drawing Kazakhstan westward would help embed this secular tradition.

In the event of an Islamist political awakening, the army s allegiances are not guaranteed.

And Shahinaz Abdel Salam notes

It is also used to distinguish between religious authority (for example Canon law) and secular authority.

Some of these values are rooted in a kind of secular Christianity, and others in the Enlightenment s revolutionary beliefs about human rights, equality, the French language, secular schooling, and the idea that the state is responsible for the common interest and application of republican principles.

Its driving ideological force was a European inspired secular nationalism, which strove for political and social modernization through top down government action.

AB I would say that there are many, many gaps in secular life and these can be plugged.

Many non government organizations, both secular and religious, also opposed the resolution.

Proposing secularism the historic approach of Western liberals is political suicide.

Today s trade and currency battles would then become a Kulturkampf.

In fact, secularism in Senegal resembles that in India more than anywhere else.

Yet the comparison with what the French call laicité is misleading.

The differences between French and Turkish secularism can be put in even sharper comparative perspective.

Indeed, the Muslim Brotherhood government and the secular opposition both complained about America s relationship with the other.

After the revolution, secularism and the place of Islam have been the centre of heated debates on social media platforms and Tunisian blogs.

One of the most striking misunderstandings concerns the nature of secularism, by which I mean the separation of State and religious institutions.

I would say that there are many, many gaps in secular life and these can be plugged.

His decision to challenge Abbas means that the secular forces within the Palestinian movement may be divided at a time when rivals with a robust Islamic agenda principally Hamas and Islamic Jihad are challenging them.

The secular opposition s accession to power on the back of a tank might feed the Islamists rage for years to come.