| 单词 | secularist |
| 例句 | It's grim stuff, but also just exactly what cynical secularists of the left expect. What the Ruby Franke story says about the Christian right 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z He is an outspoken secularist, equally critical of the East and West, and a poetic revolutionary of sorts who has tried to liberate Arabic verse from its traditional forms and subject matter. A Revolutionary of Arabic Verse 2010-10-17T22:03:00Z "I believe the word 'science' has been high-jacked by secularists," Ham said. Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate 2014-02-05T06:59:52Z The notion that the news media is a secularist cabal ignoring stories that challenge its shibboleths is wrongheaded. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z They were often critiqued for their staunch atheist and secularist views. What the media can learn from Bill Maher: 1 year after Charlie Hebdo attack, satirists still taking risks news outlets won’t 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Republicans are divided between establishmentarians and Tea Party activists, religious conservatives and secularists; Democrats have populist and technocrat wings, statists and libertarians, Wall Street and Occupy. Crossfire Is Returning Early, Just in Time to Oversimplify Syria 2013-09-03T15:20:07Z While most pop songs are secular by default – in that they are about the things of this world, making no mention of the divine or spiritual – "Imagine" is explicitly secularist. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Christians, religious minorities, secularists and even small Muslim sects like Ismailis in Sunni-majority countries don't have to worry about additional screening before boarding boarding planes; they have to worry about being murdered. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The conspiracy theories by the secularists match those of the Islamists, and both may be true. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z A proper assessment of this document renders absurd any notion that Bach was a progressivist or a secularist. Bach Was Far More Religious Than You Might Think 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Talking to secularists as well as ministers, he explores the connections between faith, materialism and politics. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z Still, these are exceptions, whether because of nervousness or plain old secularist bias. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z “On Consolation” takes the erosion of organized religion as a given, and is directed at secularists who still seek meaning and purpose: nonbelievers, not nihilists. ‘On Consolation’ Searches for Solace in the Face of Grief and Misery 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z It shows the American concept of religious liberty as the product of clashes between religious people, not simply believers versus secularists. Faith and Politics, a Rocky Romance 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z Mr. Irham’s arrest was one of the first applications of Indonesia’s anti-pornography law, which was passed in 2008 after years of acrimonious debates that pitted Muslim conservatives against liberal secularists and religious minorities. Indonesian Star Detained Over Sex Videos 2010-06-22T17:30:00Z “Of course, secularists are desperate to find life in outer space, as they believe that would provide evidence that life can evolve in different locations and given the supposed right conditions!” Ken Ham wants to end the U.S. space program because aliens “can’t have salvation” 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z They became secularists during the period, beginning in the 1920s, of British rule. Review: ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ Shows the Arc of a Family and a Country 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Most campus groups are more concerned with strengthening the community, visibility, and tolerance of secularists than engaging in the cultural war. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z Yet either of these accusations would be met with fervent denial from even the staunchest of secularists. The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa: Her “glorification of suffering instead of relieving it” has had little impact on her glowing reputation 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Even the most diehard secularist would find himself hard-pressed to expunge religious idioms from his speech. Michael Arditti: why I write fiction about faith 2013-07-26T10:47:00Z To my father, I owe my secularist world view. Salman Rushdie: ‘My closest brush with the law? During the 1990s, when I needed police protection’ 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Whereas most Zionist leaders were staunch secularists, Stern took only a Bible and his leather phylacteries as he fled from one hideout to the next. Making of a martyr 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z There are Islamic radicals who are fearsome, ruthless, and there are secularists who are also fearsome, ruthless. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z Today’s conflicts are often viewed through wide-angle lenses: for example, that Sunnis are seen fighting Shias, secularists fighting Islamists or rebels fighting regimes. Tales of spring and winter 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Veneciano wants to overturn what he sees as the secularist prejudices of academic art historians and unimaginative museum curators. Op Art Through a Latin Lens 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z I would like to see articles on the elimination of Christians, Jews, Yazidi and secularists in Muslim majorities like Egypt, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh…. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He’s a secularist skeptic who entertainingly urges a circumspect view of any and all simple solutions to the mysteries of the universe. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Wells avoids the word “God” even more assiduously than the word “church,” but his mission is not aggressively secularist. Sort of a Salon, Sort of a Church 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Yet despite being fictional contrivances, they exude poetic effects, as if a spiritual persona in the artist were striving to overcome his secularist prejudices. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Tarico: Do secularists and vampires have something in common that I don’t know about? Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z As the broader atheist community becomes larger and better organized, secularists and freethinkers have shown increasing interest in gathering together with likeminded people. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z Its broad empathy separates it from the law-and-order crime show tradition; its deep Christian themes — grace, redemption, being one’s brother’s keeper — go against pop culture’s secularist individualism. In ‘Rectify,’ Life After Prison and the Chance to Be Reborn 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z So many pulses were revived over so many years on “Chicago Hope” and “ER” that the city came to seem like some sort of Lourdes for secularists. Television Review: Stirring Chicago?s Corruption Stockpot 2011-02-06T20:30:11Z The attack followed several years of smaller attacks targeting scores of individuals deemed by extremists to be enemies of Islam, including secularists, writers, religious minorities, foreigners and activists. Bangladesh top court commutes death sentences of 7 militants to life in prison for 2016 cafe attack 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z “Bible scholars and secularists both have wondered why the final world conflict would take place in a country no bigger than the size of New Jersey,” Mr. Jeffress said in a telephone interview. End of the world? Israel-Hamas war sends Christians in search of prophetic meaning 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Today, he continued, Catholicism remained under threat from what he called “vile and immoral current-day barbarians, secularists and bigots” who he calls “the progressive Ku Klux Klan.” We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Then in 2001, Falwell and the Rev. Pat Robertson suggested that the Sept. 11 terror attacks were God’s punishment for the behavior of feminists, gay people and secularists. America is losing faith in religion | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z America can no longer afford to listen as secularists and atheists try to move the nation’s politics and culture to the far left by claiming religion has no place in public life. LISTEN to Cheryl Chumley: Faith first, freedom second, that’s the key to keeping freedom 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Bazzi was born in a Shiite Muslim community in south Lebanon; his parents were secularists who never went to mosque. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z When she was young, she said, she had faced constant harassment from secularists and couldn’t get a university education because of her religious convictions— until Erdogan came along. Turks choose their president in unprecedented runoff race 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Fervent supporters saw it as just reward for a leader who put Islamic teachings at the core of public life in a country with strong secularist traditions and championed the pious working classes. Erdogan defies predictions of political demise ahead of Turkey election runoff 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The six parties that backed Mr. Kilicdaroglu represent a disparate range of backgrounds and ideologies, including nationalists, staunch secularists and even Islamists who had defected from Mr. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party. Turkey’s Opposition Struggles to Make Up Ground as Runoff Nears 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z To build his support, Mr. Kilicdaroglu pulled together six parties that include right-wing nationalists, staunch secularists and Islamists, a feat in itself. Erdogan’s Grip on Power Is Dented but Not Broken, Vote Shows 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Fervent supporters saw it as just reward for a leader who put Islamic teachings at the core of public life in a country with a strong secularist traditions, and championed the pious working classes. In Turkey vote, Erdogan defies forecasts of demise 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z If he wins, Kilicdaroglu faces challenges keeping an opposition alliance including nationalists, Islamists, secularists and liberals united. Turkey's upbeat Kilicdaroglu says election will bring a new spring 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Fervent supporters saw it as just reward for a leader who put Islamic teachings back at the core of public life in a country with a strong secularist tradition, and championed the pious working classes. In Turkey election, Erdogan doesn't flinch as he fights for political life 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z If he wins, Kilicdaroglu faces challenges keeping united an opposition alliance that includes nationalists, Islamists, secularists and liberals. Turkey votes in pivotal elections that could end Erdogan's 20-year rule 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z But to critics, he also created a new class of corrupted "Anatolian Tiger" oligarchs, entrepreneurs and construction tycoons with vested interests who replaced traditional conglomerates from the secularist camp. -Turkey's Erdogan, master campaigner, faces toughest contest yet 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The secularist CHP and five other parties form an opposition alliance that is expected to get support from the main Kurdish party HDP, giving it an edge in some polls. Factbox: Key players in Turkey's election campaign 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Even if he prevails, Kilicdaroglu faces challenges keeping an opposition alliance including nationalists, Islamists, secularists and liberals united. Turkey's Kilicdaroglu exits Erodogan's shadow in election race 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland secularists recently won the right to state recognition of nonreligious wedding ceremonies led by humanist celebrants. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In that election, he entered parliament for the centre-left CHP, a party established by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk which has struggled to reach beyond its secularist grassroots towards move conservative Turks. Turkey's opposition leader looks to emerge from Erdogan's shadow 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The coalition, known officially as the Nation Alliance and unofficially as the Table of Six, includes six parties that range from right-wing nationalists to political Islamists to staunch secularists. A Rival for Erdogan Emerges as Opposition Parties Pick a Candidate 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z A former civil servant, Kilicdaroglu entered parliament in 2002 with the CHP, which was established by modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and has struggled to reach beyond its secularist grassroots towards conservatives. Factbox: Key players in Turkey's election campaign 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z But the exclusion of faith-based groups will harm the most vulnerable Americans, ironically as we genuflect to secularist dogma. Opinion | Kate Cohen gives voice to a silent (but growing) American minority 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z It has given many Indians a new pride and bolstered the country’s international stature, even as it has weakened the country’s pluralist and secularist model. Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Justice Barrett, Mr. Vought and many others like them are simply guilty of following a moral code that liberals and secularists dislike. Liberals weaponizing Christianity against justices, political appointees 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z He had presented a major show on Shems FM radio for six years, spearing successive coalition governments and opposition parties, including secularists, Islamists, conservatives and leftists that have dominated Tunisia since 2011. Tunisian journalists fear erosion of press freedom 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “The Christian nationalism label is just the latest attack by religious secularists to remove American Christendom from the public square in favor of their system of beliefs, termed secularism.” Liberals warn of ‘Christian nationalism,’ as some conservatives embrace the label 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z But it is very likely to appeal to secularists. Tunisia referendum: President Kais Saied seeks mandate to extend powers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Ennahda won the most seats in Tunisia's first free election nine months later, the prelude to tense manoeuvring among rival factions with Islamists and secularists increasingly at odds. Tunisia's Islamist who went from kingmaker to opposition 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z None of these blatant realities, though, has stopped some liberals and secularists from forming a troubling pattern on this issue. Liberals weaponizing Christianity against justices, political appointees 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Cue the alarms from those secularists who bring religious zeal to their crusade against the incipient theocracy they detect in every religious observance allowed in the public square. Opinion | Trying to protect students from a coach’s prayers did them no favors 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z So you see Christian conservatives on the right uniting groups that formerly did not like one another, like Catholics, evangelicals, Mormons and even "pro-Christian" secularists. From the Pilgrims to QAnon: Christian nationalism is the "asteroid coming for democracy" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z They, like members of more progressive congregations and traditions, are making a public statement “that not all religious people are conservative, and not all liberals are secularist.” Opinion | This religious season reminds us of faith’s liberating promise 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Ghannouchi and a secularist president worked to calm the street, the launchpad for a new constitution that was jubilantly ratified in parliament as rival politicians embraced, weeping. Tunisia's Islamist who went from kingmaker to opposition 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In this case, “following the science” would force atheists, secularists and other skeptics to admit that individuals and society-at-large are immeasurably better off when more people go to church and embrace faith. Dear Christian parents: You’re failing miserably 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The secularist movement in the United States, however defined, has an interest in learning about them and thinking outside of the box — as well as beyond the purported wall between religion and government. Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Letting the 14th Amendment interrogate the First, secularists could argue that unchecked free exercise deprives religious minorities of equal protection under the law. After Jan. 6, secularism is the crucial "guardrail" — and it's fatally weak in America 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "The secularist firewall of the 20th century, established by Ataturk and guarded by his successors, that has separated religion and government, and religion and education, has completely collapsed," he said. Turkey's top Islamic cleric moves centre stage, irking secularists 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The collision between rival supporters raises the spectre of a new phase of violent escalation on Tunisia’s streets - reminiscent of the early days after its revolution when Islamists faced off against secularists. Faultlines re-open as Tunisian president's supporters and opponents clash outside parliament 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z One in four Americans are secularists, the authors’ research finds, and the movement is growing among the young. New study shows dramatic gap in religious diversity between the Southeast and much of the country 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z A secularist should argue that to subject a Jewish woman in Texas to a conservative Catholic standard of fetal viability renders the former unequal to the latter. Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The blurring of boundaries between religious cultures in that old, truly secularist Bombay now feels like one more thing that divides the past from India’s bitter, stifled, censorious, sectarian present. Opinion | Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z But opposition cooperation is fragile given the diverse secularist, nationalist and pro-Kurdish elements within it. Jailed Kurdish leader calls on Turkish opposition to unite against Erdogan 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z America is supposedly a Christian nation, under siege by "secularists," "atheists," liberals and progressives who intend to ban the celebration of Christmas. Don't laugh at Mr. Potato Head: The right's culture-war obsessions are a threat to democracy 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z While previous bouts of political discord in Tunisia focused on the split between secularists and Islamists, or over economic reforms, more recent tensions seem rooted in the division of powers between president and parliament. Tunisian PM sacks interior minister, baring tensions with president 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Borrowing from laïcité, American secularists might emphasize how privileging the rights of a few religious groups threatens order. Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z They may try to dress up their betrayal as fighting against socialism, or against the “deep state,” or against multiculturalism, or against antifa, or against secularists, or for white pride, or for a Christian America. Opinion | Let the anti-constitutional Republicans reveal themselves 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z “I’m very disappointed by his secularist, authoritarian drift,” said Olivier Roy, one of France’s best-known scholars of Islam. Macron’s Rightward Tilt, Seen in New Laws, Sows Wider Alarm in France 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Reagan's spiritual neoliberalism, sanctioned and sanctified by God's blessings and accepted even by some atheists, secularists and non-Christians, still holds many Americans in thrall. How Reagan’s notions of a "good society" resonate with Trump supporters today 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Such a label conveys to modern readers the notion of secularist. Feedback: KMET's 'Paraquat' Kelley on Eddie Van Halen 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Worse, at least in the eyes of secularists, Barrett has been a member of a small charismatic community in Indiana called People of Praise, a diverse group of Protestants and Catholics. Opinion | What Amy Coney Barrett has in common with Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z It is a practical as well as moral necessity, which should be embraced by everyone, conservatives and liberals, people of faith and secularists. Let's Defund the Pentagon, Too 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The good news, especially today, is: Fevers — those of cranky secularists as well as anti-Catholic bigots — burn out. Opinion | 127 years after his death, James Blaine had another bad day 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z That law, he said, is under threat from “militant secularists,” including “so-called progressives,” who call on the state “to mitigate the social costs of personal misconduct and irresponsibility.” William Barr’s State of Emergency 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z In last April’s election, Arab candidates, including communists, Islamists, secularists and Palestinian nationalists, claimed 10 seats. Israel's Arab parties make historic gains as election support surges 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z He will help us attack the liberals, the modernists, the secularists, the evil people. CNN's Wajahat Ali: "We knew what would happen" under Trump, but the media just played along 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In that speech he said many things, blaming “secularists” for causing immense pain and suffering and “moral chaos.” Bill Barr, warrior for theocracy: Why didn't we know this until now? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z They can’t claim to be a clarion voice of Christian values in the public square while at the same time behaving in politics like amoral secularists. Opinion | Evangelicals can’t have it both ways 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In the 2018 elections he forbade any of his 34 incumbent MPs from standing again and ran a successful list which, astonishing for a supposedly Shia clerical-based outfit, included communists, secularists and Sunnis. The 'firebrand' cleric who could calm Iraq 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The attack in the Muslim-majority nation followed several years of smaller attacks targeting scores of individuals deemed by extremists to be enemies of Islam, including secularists, writers, religious minorities, foreigners and activists. Bangladesh sentences 7 militants to death in café attack 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z In his speech, Barr portrayed “secularists” as enemies of American democracy. The unholy alliance of the religious right and Trumpism is deeply anti-Christian | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The attorney general and other conservative Catholics might believe that secularists are some sort of threat to their religious freedom, Campbell said, “But, the truth is, it’s a myth.” 'A threat to democracy': William Barr's speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Historically illiterate, morally obtuse, and willfully misleading, the speech portrays religious people in the United States as beset by a hostile band of “secularists.” William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Atheists and secularists were outraged, saying the Trump team was embracing a dangerous “Christian nationalism.” ‘Organized destruction’: William Barr blasts ‘militant secularists’ over assault on religion 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “Militant secularists,” who insist upon keeping government institutions free from the influence of any faith or creed. Opinion | Is this Barr’s cry for help? 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “Among the militant secularists are many so-called progressives,” he said. AG Barr blasts 'militant secularists' in speech on religious freedom 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He insisted that “the traditional Judeo-Christian moral system” of the United States was under siege by “modern secularists” who were responsible for every sort of “social pathology”, including drug abuse, rising suicide rates and illegitimacy. 'A threat to democracy': William Barr's speech on religious freedom alarms liberal Catholics 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Evidently, this politically inspired Great Awakening is necessary, at least according to Attorney General William Barr, who spoke a day earlier at Notre Dame’s law school and condemned societal ills on conspiring American secularists. AG Barr blames 'moral upheaval' on conspiring US secularists 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The field included moderate Islamists, secularists and even supporters of Tunisia’s late dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who was toppled in the revolution and died last month in exile in Saudi Arabia. In a blow to its political elites, a modest law professor is set to become Tunisia’s next president 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z I once read that you called yourself an “unreformed secularist.” Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z One clear divide in Sunday’s vote was between the secularists and the Islamists. Tunisia, the Arab Spring’s sole democracy, chooses a new president 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z For a certain kind of secularist, this reveals cruelty, corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Christian faith. Opinion | Some white evangelicals are difficult to recognize as Christians at all 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Why, then, would they insist that American Muslims become the very thing — in effect good, docile secularists — that they refuse to be? Review | For religious American Muslims, hostility from the right and disdain from the left 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Buber and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, two secularists, were members of a Bible study group. Opinion | She survived Auschwitz — and eventually forgave her persecutors. Should others? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z He wants to out religionists as closet secularists. If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Everything was wonderful until the 1960s, when the Devil induced secularists to question “the moral teaching authority of the Church.” Opinion | Pope Benedict shows us how the Catholic Church went so terribly off-course 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z It is also foreseeable that the power and popularity of secularist constitutional arguments will increase as cultural evolution accelerates. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Peace Cross case highlights a deeper question about religion 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z But a few cranky, persnickety, hairsplitting secularists say, with religious zeal, that the cross is now on public land, so the establishment clause is violated. Opinion | The Supreme Court has a chance to clear up decades of confusion 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Hitchens says that while they may be winning the argument intellectually, in global terms he and his fellow secularists are in “a tiny, dwindling minority that’s going to be defeated by the forces of theocracy”. Sam Harris, the new atheist with a spiritual side 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z For if most religionists perform in ways that are unconsciously secular, as he observes, don’t many secularists behave in ways that are unconsciously religious? If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Rather, it was well-used through its remaining 15 years as Olympic Hall by a variety of rent-paying educators and entertainers: both secularists and spiritualists. Everything came together at the corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Republicans have relished attacking Democrats as secularist foes of religion and religious people. Opinion | Republicans are taxing churches to help corporations. Really. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z From the secularists’ point of view, though, both groups were seeking to impose their strictures on the population. Syria’s Last Bastion of Freedom 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z He believed that democracy in the Middle East was impossible unless moderate Islamists were allowed a voice, acquaintances said, but also he disdained extremism, and his social leanings were decidedly secularist. In death, Saudi writer’s mild calls for reform grew into a defiant shout 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Otherwise, why would religionists ever want to become secularists? If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z But he soon concluded that he had been led astray by liberals and secularists, and he turned toward conservative views on faith, culture and politics. ‘100 Kegs or Bust’: Kavanaugh friend, Mark Judge, has spent years writing about high school debauchery 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z In upscale Istanbul neighborhoods that used to be the traditional bastions of Europeanized Turkish secularists, the reconfiguration toward Arab and other Muslim tourists is visible in hookah lounges and halal steak restaurants. Opinion | A Fistful of Liras 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The cafe attack followed several years of smaller attacks targeting scores of individuals deemed by extremists to be enemies of radical Islam, including secularists, writers, religious minorities, foreigners and activists. Bangladesh commemorates cafe attack on 2nd anniversary 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Atatürk was a nationalist and secularist whose sensibility permeates Turkish culture. Erdogan’s Plan to Raise a ‘Pious Generation’ Divides Parents in Turkey 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z On touchstone ethical issues the practising Christians were, as you would expect, distinctly conservative, while non-practising ones were little different from their secularist compatriots. In lands where “Christian civilisation” emerged, faith still shapes identity 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Instead, the new divide was within religious groups, with orthodox believers within Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism on one side and their progressive wings and secularists on the other. The Man Who Discovered ‘Culture Wars’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z In his only extensive interview before the elections, given to his own television channel, Mr. Sadr put forth a manifesto largely adopted from his new secularist allies. Once Hated by U.S. and Tied to Iran, Is Sadr Now ‘Face of Reform’ in Iraq? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z For this election, he ran a non-sectarian campaign focused on issues of social justice, allying with secularists and Iraq’s communist party, and broadening support beyond his traditional base. Iraqi Shiite cleric gained ground with nationalist voice 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Liberals and secularists have often criticized his divisive speech, and his introduction of religion into politics, yet it is what most of his pious Muslim followers want to hear. Sermons and Shouted Insults: How Erdogan Keeps Turkey Spellbound 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It is in the self-interest of secularists to use religion to negate any politician they disagree with because that bias offers the chance for a double whammy, though it is simplistic and naive. ‘I Know I Will Be Criticized’: The Latino Evangelical Who Advises Trump on Immigration 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z “For the last 60 years, secularists have been on a crusade to eliminate any acknowledgment of God from the public square, and the result has been disastrous for our country,” Mr. Jeffress continues. Inside the Beltway: Christians rally around ‘March for Eternal Life’ 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z He also turned his attention to a small protest movement organized by leftists and secularists in the capital. Once Hated by U.S. and Tied to Iran, Is Sadr Now ‘Face of Reform’ in Iraq? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Erdogan embraced EU accession tactically in order to defang secularist Turkish generals. How Europe Lost Turkey 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z “The problem with espousing absolute ‘secularist’ politics is that it starts to sound like what the far right is saying,” said Alduy. France is officially blind to ‘race.’ This black Muslim woman sees it everywhere. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Some secularist parents say the Islamist school movement is robbing their children of resources and opportunity. Special Report: With more Islamic schooling, Erdogan aims to reshape T 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The crackdown is likely to be accompanied by further conflict as fault lines continue to emerge over Turkey’s identity, and secularists and Islamists wage that battle through public debate on social media. Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is key to the Middle East in 2018 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Islamists have succeeded in branding secularists as atheists; one of the most dangerous things to be called right now in Bangladesh is an atheist. On Trip to Bangladesh, Subway Bomb Suspect Reached Out to Refugees 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Compared to the rest of the Mideast, Islamists and secularists may seem like a strange combination to be lumped together. Released in April, Kuwait opposition figure gets 9-year term 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Wilson said it felt like a “secularist, nonbelieving morality is being jammed down our throats.” A small-town doctor wanted to perform surgeries for transgender women. He faced an uphill battle. 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z Like several other secularist parents interviewed, the woman declined to give her name. Special Report: With more Islamic schooling, Erdogan aims to reshape T 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The secularists’ anxiety will be fuelled by Turkey’s drift away from its traditional allies in America and Europe, a result of mutual antagonism and Turkey’s strategic divergence from the west and its Nato allies. Saudi Arabia and Iran's rivalry is key to the Middle East in 2018 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Atheists, secularists and intellectuals have been targeted and even killed, blasphemy laws have been enforced, and a spate of terrorist attacks have left hundreds dead. Opinion | The cancer of Islamist extremism spreads around the world 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “U.S.-supported media has to amplify the voice of the voiceless. Giving space to Arab and Muslim liberals, secularists, reformers and freethinkers is one thing MBN has to do.” U.S. programming in Arabic may soon see overhaul 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z That would be “openly secular,” a term that originates with the Secular Coalition of America, a nonprofit based in the nation’s capital for those who “identify” as atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, freethinker and secularist. Inside the Beltway: ‘MAGA Meetups’ for Donald Trump-loving conservatives 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Some secularist parents say the Islamist school movement is robbing their children of resources and opportunity. Special Report: With more Islamic schooling, Erdogan aims to reshape T 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Amid a wave of criticism from leftists and secularists last year, Ennahda’s leaders declared the party was officially moving away from its past tradition of mixing Islam and politics. Zied Ladhairi says Tunisia’s economic success critical to its survival 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z An Egyptian preacher living in Turkey called the old Tunisian, “a criminal, miscreant, apostate and secularist.” Opinion | The Next Arab Spring? Women’s Rights. 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The Islamist groups that hounded secularists such as Nasreen out of the country are the same ones spearheading the local relief effort for Rohingya refugees. How Bangladeshis are coping with half a million new Rohingya refugees 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But in the case of Cumhuriyet — Turkey’s oldest, perennially dissident and staunchly secularist paper — it was hard to provide a direct link to either of these groups. Opinion | Prosecutors summoned this Turkish journalist after she tweeted … about Zsa Zsa Gabor 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Like several other secularist parents interviewed, the woman declined to give her name. Special Report: With more Islamic schooling, Erdogan aims to reshape T 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Other controversial changes include shortening the time allocated to studying the life of Turkey's secularist founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an introduction to the concept of jihad and more classes on religion. Are Turkey’s schools dropping evolution and teaching jihad? - BBC News 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z He described the gathering as a protest against the “ongoing attempt by secularists in America to blur or remove symbols reminding us of our Judeo-Christian heritage.” At Site of Scopes Trial, Darrow Statue Belatedly Joins Bryan’s 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Other changes include a decrease in the amount of time allocated to the life of Turkey's secularist founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Passions flare as Turkey excludes evolution from textbooks - BBC News 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Guided by these principles, the Separatists manage to combine some mainstream Christian theology with liberal or secularist views on many public policy issues. Tim Farron’s resignation raises questions about the line between public policy and private belief 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Two of the most inspiring presentations this year were offered by a Christian pastor from Zimbabwe, and a Bangladeshi publisher who is known for airing secularist ideas. A pastor and a secularist publisher stand together for freedom 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “But are secularists ready to follow ministers? I would say generally not.” People are looking for a ‘Religious Left.’ This little-known network of clergy has been organizing it. 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z He was often abused for being a “secularist with an agenda”, she said, though his writing focused on social justice, government incompetence, corruption and waste. Maldives blogger stabbed to death in capital 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z And in 2007, the Turkish General Staff attempted to prevent Gul from becoming president because his wife wears a hijab, an indicator of reactionary values for Turkey’s ideologically committed secularists. Perspective | No, Erdogan was not an authoritarian all along 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The main secularist opposition People's Republican Party said it was still unclear how many votes were affected. Opposition calls for Turkish vote annulment after Erdogan wins powers 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Like Christmas, Easter has for centuries been celebrated by Christians, pagans and secularists alike. Quiz: How well do you know your Easter traditions? 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Leading the opposition is CHP, the Republican People’s party, known for its secularist values. Turkey could be about to leap from division to despotism | Elif Shafak 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Party; the military and its secularist supporters; the Kurdish militant group P.K.K. and various Kurdish political movements; and, finally, the Gulenists, the most inscrutable group of all. Inside Turkey’s Purge 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z They were perturbed by the relish with which the YPG greeted the U.S. presidential election of Donald Trump, who is being hailed within the secularist group as an enemy of Muslims. How two U.S. Marxists wound up on the front lines against ISIS 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Critics ranging from human rights campaigners to secularist organisations challenged the premise that it should carry any punishment. BBC Asian Network apologises for tweet about blasphemy - BBC News 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z In his preaching, the sheikh urged that their next cause be the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the secularist president of Egypt, and other forces — including the United States — who, in his view, opposed Islam. The Voice That Called to Terrorists, Unstilled by Time or Even Death 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Fusion reported that secularists in the US school system faced a "fierce battle" with Mrs DeVos at the helm. Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, so unpopular? - BBC News 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The prejudice against secularists and nonbelievers often extended into American courtrooms. Distrust of the non-religious runs deep in American history 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Some secularists see a link between stricter Islamic dress norms and increased violence against women. Turkey covers up 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The killings followed several years of smaller attacks targeting scores of individuals deemed by extremists to be enemies of radical Islam, including secularists, writers, religious minorities, foreign aid workers and activists. Bangladesh cafe reopens six months after brutal terrorist attack 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Underlying secularists’ concerns is the government’s eagerness to criminalise dissent. Turkey in grip of fear as Erdoğan steps up post-terror attack crackdown 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Conservative men tell of being ousted from the staunchly secularist military because of their piety. Turkey’s Erdogan Is Turning Into a Strongman 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The misgivings that Sessions harbors about secularists and nonbelievers – those who “don’t believe in a higher being” – is no mere eccentricity of a senator from the Bible Belt. Distrust of the non-religious runs deep in American history 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z In the U.S., attempts by secularists, atheists and civil libertarians to banish religion from the public square have made Christmas the focus of decades of protest, debate and litigation. Christmas: Embattled From the Beginning 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The AKP then saw Europe as a useful ally against Turkey’s secularist security establishment, which worried about the party’s Islamist roots. Turkey’s Autocratic Turn 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z On Saturday, authorities ordered the formal arrest pending trial of nine executives and journalists from the secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper, including the editor and senior staff, Turkish media reported. Turkey arrests nine journalists from opposition newspaper 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Although Mr. Erdogan is wildly popular in the Sunni majority, many secularists and members of minorities see him as a dictator who fuels a dangerous polarization. Turkey’s Erdogan Is Turning Into a Strongman 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The European Union and United States condemned the move against Cumhuriyet, a pillar of the country's secularist establishment. Turkish opposition paper vows 'will not surrender' after staff detained 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The secularist organization previously took the military branch to task for allowing football players to pray on the field before games. Secularists demand Air Force punish colonel who expressed Christian beliefs 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the secularist army officer who founded modern Turkey in 1923, sought to sever his land’s ancient bonds to the Middle East. Turkey’s Autocratic Turn 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Within Turkey, there are deep divisions between secularists and Erdogan supporters. The aftermath of Turkey’s failed coup threatens its ties with Western allies 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Turkish secularists consider the garment a symbol of religious conservatism in the officially secular state. Turkey lifts headscarf ban for its policewomen 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z The staunchly secularist paper was established in 1924 by a confidant of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk just six months after he established the Turkish Republic. Turkish opposition paper vows 'will not surrender' after staff detained 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z They explained that so-called secularists in Turkey were fearful of pious Muslims. Fethullah Gülen: Public Intellectual or Public Enemy? 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Just years ago, the two devout rivals were locked in a tactical alliance against an old enemy — Turkey’s once-entrenched secularist establishment. Turkey’s purge marks endgame in Islamist civil war 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But many of Mr. Erdogan’s traditional opponents — Kurds, secularists, nationalists — have long worried about the influence of Mr. Gulen’s loyalists inside the state, and are largely united in believing Mr. Gulen was behind the coup. Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In his early years in power, Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and Gulenist-linked officials in the state bureaucracy teamed up to sideline rival elements, including the secularist top brass. The execution of a former Turkish leader that still haunts Erdogan 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Turkey's secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper vowed "we will not surrender" in a front-page headline on Tuesday, a day after its editor and a dozen top staff were detained on accusations of supporting a failed July coup. Turkish opposition paper vows 'will not surrender' after staff detained 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The rally was organized by the opposition Republican People's Party, which was close to secularist generals who used to control the military. Turkish opposition party denounces coup attempt 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z It also didn’t help that, in 2013, Egypt’s secularists and liberals enthusiastically welcomed Mr. Sisi’s coup—only to be targeted themselves by the wave of repression that followed his takeover. The Crisis of Political Islam 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Turkey’s political opposition — secularists, nationalists and Kurds — publicly sided with the government against the coup, but it is now watching warily. Failed Turkish Coup Accelerated a Purge Years in the Making 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Investigators with alleged sympathies to Mr. Gulen’s teachings spearheaded both campaigns, which broadly targeted staunch secularists opposed to Mr. Erdogan’s Islamist policies. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turns on Former Brother-in-Arms Fethullah Gulen 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Watch now as Erdoğan buries what remains of Turkey’s long secularist tradition and “annihilates”—his prime minister’s term—all opposition. Corporate media’s Turkey spin: “Attempted coup” bears the marks of an authoritarian power grab orchestrated by Erdoğan 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The strategy worked, the call to prayer acted as a call to political action, and religious Turks took to the streets in defiance of the secularist military. Turkey Faces Its Iran 1979 Moment 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The military, founded on secularist ideals, has been a staunch opponent of Gulen, and so far officials have not offered evidence that he was involved in the coup attempt. Crackdown following failed coup in Turkey raises concerns 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z But the Ergenekon case also targeted the government’s secularist opponents, media and civil society, including scholars and journalists. The coup attempt is bad news for Turkey’s democracy 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z The AK party relied on the Gulen movement to eliminate the secularist establishment in the state and the military. Turkey coup: Who was behind Turkey coup attempt? - BBC News 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z The country’s military is a trusted institution, seen as the guardian of the secularist principles on which modern Turkey was founded. Tumult in Turkey: What We Know and Don’t Know 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z His AK Party, with roots in Islamism, has long had a strained relationship with the military and nationalists in a state that was founded on secularist principles after World War One. Turkish coup bid crumbles as crowds answer call to streets, Erdogan returns 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Turkey’s military is a trusted institution, seen as the guardian of the secularist principles on which modern Turkey was founded. Tumult in Turkey: What We Know and What We Don’t Know 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But he also infuriated liberals and secularists in Jordan, who repeatedly called for him to be removed from the public eye. Jordan scholar falls from government grace after criticizing role in fight against Islamic State 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Pope Francis has been a breath of fresh air for progressive Catholics and liberal secularists. The pope’s moral confusion: He should be applauded for his pro-LBGT remarks — but he didn’t go far enough 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Some secularists argue that Christian schools don’t deserve accreditation, period. Regular Christians Are No Longer Welcome in American Culture 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Hardened secularists, I imagine, will see only a rhetorical pivot in these and similar statements from religious conservatives. The left won the culture war. Will they be merciful? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Dündar, a staunch secularist, was initially accused of colluding with Hizmet in the arms shipment story for which he faces a life sentence if convicted. Turkish journalists accuse Erdoğan of media witch-hunt 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, chief of the district police, said the killing was similar to recent attacks on rights activists, a university teacher and secularist bloggers. World Digest: April 30, 2016 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Right now Ennahda is a minor coalition partner; a secularist party, with links to the old regime, leads the government. Shadows from the past 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Some Christian institutions face pressure to conform to secularist ideology—or else. Regular Christians Are No Longer Welcome in American Culture 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The daughter of a Bangladeshi professor who was hacked to death in a murder echoing the killing of several secularists says he was not an atheist. Rezaul Karim Siddique: Murdered Bangladeshi professor 'not an atheist', daughter says - BBC News 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Shamsuddin said that “our preliminary suspicion is that the murder was committed by an Islamist militant group,” based on the attack’s similarities to recent killings of secularist bloggers in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Police Suspect Islamist Militants in Professor’s Killing 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z They say the prominent cleric sought to push secularists from the military and bureaucracy in an effort to transfer power to Islamists. Turkish Court Overturns Coup Plot Convictions of Generals 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z “You see the enemy, the progressives and the secularists, want you to think you can’t mention the name of God - there’s separation of church and state,” he said. Franklin Graham: Christians should deepen political work 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Red Turkish flags and pictures of the modern republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk celebrate its secularist roots. Closures and court cases leave Turkey's media increasingly muzzled 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z She also called on the U.S. and other countries to provide refuge to writers and secularists being targeted in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Student and Athiest Killed In 'Islamist Attack' 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Some secularists, on the other hand, think religion is implicated. No, not one 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He also initially was accused of “calling for secularist thought” and “attempting to tarnish the country’s reputation.” Saudi Journalist Sentenced to 5 Years for Tweets, Rights Group Says 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z When a video of the meeting leaked, secularists took it as proof that Ennahdha was playing a double game. The Fall After the Arab Spring 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z He’s the Roman centurion standing between them and both barbarians abroad and aggressive secularists at home. Donald Trump: Defender of the Faith 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In past decades, Turkey’s splits were more visible: secularists and religious, Turks and Kurds, Alevis and Sunnis, leftists and nationalists, and class differences. Elif Shafak on Turkey’s turmoil: ‘Intimidation and paranoia dominates the land’ 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The case eventually became a cause célèbre, pitting civil rights groups and Islamic activists against an unlikely coalition of secularists, feminists and politicians on the far right. After Paris Terror Attacks, France Struggles With Faith on the Job 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z In 2009, the National Secular Society named the peer secularist of the year, jointly with Evan Harris, for his work on abolition of blasphemy laws in England and Wales. Lord Avebury, Lib Dem peer and rights campaigner, dies at 87 - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z “The mosques there fell under the control of the secularists again, and Islamists were chased down. Do you think this cannot happen in our country?” The Fall After the Arab Spring 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Those disqualified “are not dissidents, activists, secularists, and others that would present a more direct challenge to clerical rule,” the organization declared. Iran’s Revolutionary Grandchildren 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z It is also home to a vast population – students, white-collar professionals, human rights activists – with a secularist worldview and liberal lifestyle. Elif Shafak on Turkey’s turmoil: ‘Intimidation and paranoia dominates the land’ 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z This narrative was betrayed by the Egyptian political elite, first by the Islamists then by the secularists. ‘I was terribly wrong’ - writers look back at the Arab spring five years on 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z It is not merely a civil war between Islamists and secularists, nor a fight between oriental backwardness and western liberal modernity, nor an “event” that can be fixed and constrained in place or time. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The Damascus regime and its Iranian and Russian allies have mostly avoided attacking the self-declared caliphate, instead focusing their fire on the forces that Mr. Cruz claims don’t exist: non- jihadist and secularist Syrian Sunnis. Ted Cruz would leave a strongman alone and let terrorism fester 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The bloggers and secularists were confronting a deeply entrenched Islamist movement, one that dates at least to the country’s founding. The Price of Secularism in Bangladesh 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The letter urges the U.S. to provide sanctuary for a limited number of high-profile secularists. Rights groups seek US sanctuary for Bangladeshi writers in 'urgent danger' of extremist attack 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Tunisia’s ability to incorporate secularists and Islamists into the political structure, Kerry said, provides a model for what the United States and its partners are trying to establish in Syria. Kerry arrives in Vienna with hopes of forging a Syrian cease-fire 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z “He brought together all the opposition parties - Islamists, communists, ex-Baathists, secularists, nationalists.” Iraq’s Ahmad Chalabi, leading voice behind 2003 war, dies 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z There was also a warning from the leader of the secularist party the CHP. Erdogan triumph leaves Turkey polarised - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Hundreds of other officers were also put on trial, along with journalists and secularist politicians, in that investigation and a similar one called the "Operation Sledgehammer" case. Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Turkey's bruised battler - BBC News 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z "He politically brutalised activists, secularists, liberals, leftists, social democrats, socialists, Alevis and now Kurds... He brutalised so many groups that when you add them up together, they become the majority," he says. Erdogan faces future of power sharing - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Turkey’s nationalists and secularist army didn’t want it. 10 Questions With Orhan Pamuk 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z For their part, the secularists feared that, whatever the Islamists said in public, secretly they wanted to create an Islamic state in which European lifestyles would become impossible. How Tunisia is keeping Arab Spring ideals alive - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z “We are in mourning for peace,” said the front-page headline in the secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper as three days of national mourning declared by the prime minister got under way. Turkey terror attack: mourning after scores killed in Ankara blasts 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The protests spread to other cities, swelled by many secularist Turks suspicious of the AKP's Islamist leanings. Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Turkey's bruised battler - BBC News 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, started his campaign as an apparent secularist who didn't seem comfortable talking about his religion. Courting the Faithful 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z However, they are not thought to be behind recent killings of foreigners and secularists. Bangladesh pastor survives knife attack - BBC News 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z What the secularists forgot is that Homo sapiens is the meaning-seeking animal. How to Defeat Religious Violence 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z This, in part, is what accounts for his broad popularity among former Catholics, Americans of other faiths and even secularists and atheists. Pope Francis’s actions speak louder than his words 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Carson skips to the part about secularists’ being stupid. Like Trump, Ben Carson has surged ahead by being a non-politician 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z On the other were secularists who wanted a state free of the religious strictures and economic marginalisation they suffered as part of Pakistan. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The past year has also seen the hacking to death of four secularist bloggers in Bangladesh. Bangladesh pastor survives knife attack - BBC News 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The group describes itself as "Satanists, secularists, and advocates for individual liberty". Decoding the symbols on Satan's statue - BBC News 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In the conflict between its neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, for example, Tehran tilted toward Christian Armenia rather than backing Azerbaijan, a fellow Shiite-majority nation governed by a secularist regime friendly to Israel. Iran’s Sway Undermined by Sunni-Shiite Split 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z An alliance with the secularist party would however, allow the government to press ahead with a two-year-old peace process with Turkey's Kurdish rebels. Turkish PM Davutoglu kicks off 1st round of coalition talks, meets with pro-secular party 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z It was against this backdrop that a small but committed community of secularist bloggers began to emerge in the mid-2000s. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z In Syria’s brutal, four-year civil war, rebel forces—ranging from secularists to rival Islamic militias—are fighting to destroy the Damascus regime, as well as each other. Syrians Race to Save Ancient City's Treasures from ISIS 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The change was promoted by secularist and liberal parties in the previous government, which excluded ultra-Orthodox politicians. Israeli Cabinet Rejects Measure to Ease Jewish Conversions 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Last year, after lengthy debate between Islamist and secularist lawmakers, Tunisia passed a constitution seen as one of the most liberal in the Arab world, winning praise from human rights groups. Can Tunisia crack down on terror while preserving its democracy? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Analysts say a coalition between secularists and the ruling would be difficult to sustain. Turkish PM Davutoglu kicks off 1st round of coalition talks, meets with pro-secular party 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The scars of the 1971 war of independence have recently been reopened, drawing to the surface the tension between Islamists and secularists. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z He blames much of the extremism on Ben Ali's draconian secularist rule. Tunisia struggles to find balanced response to terror 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z He blames much of the extremism on Ben Ali’s draconian secularist rule. Tunisia struggles to find balanced response to terror 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z A staunch secularist, he drank whiskey, rarely went to a mosque, and was clean-shaven and stylish, favoring beautifully cut Savile Row suits and silk ties. The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z As for an alliance with the secularists, Cevik said, that would leave a bad taste in supporters' mouth. Question mark over Erdogan as Turk parties jockey for power 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Both were active in the Shahbag protest movement, comprised of secularists supportive of the war crimes tribunal. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Erdogan, for his part, sees himself building a new Turkey, defending it against an old militant secularist elite that, he says, treated religious conservatives for decades as second class citizens, briefly jailing him in 1999. Closed circle, oversized ambition fueled Erdogan miscalculation 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Ronald Lindsay, head of the Center for Inquiry, a secularist group based in Amherst, New York, applauded the Pope’s statements on climate, water issues and biodiversity. Will Pope Francis’s climate message break through where others have failed? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z His latest effort is fueled by the fear that evangelical Christians have been losing ground in an decades-old ideological battle with secularists. David Lane’s American Renewal Project mobilizing pastors to run for office 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z But while Western politicians and journalists tend to see Turkish politics as an argument between Islamists and secularists, there are, in fact, many other fault lines in Turkish society. President Erdogan and Turkey's potent political mix - BBC News 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The impact on Bangladesh’s close-knit group of secularist bloggers has been drastic. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The socialist secularist movement lost its backing and its credibility. A Net Assessment of the Middle East 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Erdogan and many of his supporters view the party of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as the bastion of secularists whose elitist mentality he argues inflicted decades of oppression on religious conservatives. Striking conciliatory note, Turkey's Erdogan urges new government quickly 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He warned that the nation is losing its culture and heritage in large part because secularists have taken control of “public education, higher learning, the mainstream media, and Hollywood.” David Lane’s American Renewal Project mobilizing pastors to run for office 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Today many Turkish liberals, democrats, intellectuals, secularists and Kemalists are happy that the Kurds exist. Elif Shafak: What Turkey Urgently Needs Now 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Unlike previous Turkish leaders, he was a working class son of the land, the self-described “black Turk” who took the country back from the elitist secularists known as “white Turks.” Turks Turn Erdogan from Would-Be Despot to Transitional Head 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z In battling extreme religious orthodoxy, liberal secularists will be more successful if they embrace a certain wariness of their own orthodoxies. The paradox of fundamentalism 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Security forces, he said, "believe that all Al-Azhar students are terrorists or Brotherhood members. And the truth is that Al-Azhar has Brotherhood, Salafists, liberals and secularists and people who don't know anything about politics." Special Report: Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The deep divide between secularists and Islamists in Tunisia also prevented open discussion of the problem. Women in Tunisia Tell of Decades of Police Cruelty, Violence and Rape 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z This is my choice, one that should be free of influence from religious and secularists alike. Muslim Women on the Veil 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z A discriminatory wealth tax in the 1940s introduced by a secularist government, along with the establishment of the state of Israel, reduced the number of Jewish residents by tens of thousands. Sephardic Jews Feel Bigotry’s Sting in Turkey and a Pull Back to Spain 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z But the days when an entire society appeared in thrall to the Vatican have long since given way to secularist pluralism, paving the way for Friday’s vote. Vote in Ireland Could Complete a Rapid Shift on Gay Marriage 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The action sparked ridicule from Islamists and secularists alike, who pointed out that some of the burned books had nothing to do with Islam. Special Report: Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Politically, secularists, including vocal leftists and Arab nationalists, contend with Islamists, who won 27 percent of the vote in 2014. Tunisian President Looks for Help in Sustaining Progress 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z “What it does is to say to reformists and secularists, you’re not really Muslims.” Losing their religion: The hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Sam Harris, the prominent secularist and neuroscientist, recently exchanged a series of heated emails with Noam Chomsky, a linguist and leading social and foreign policy critic since the 1960s. Scoring the Noam Chomsky/Sam Harris debate: How the professor knocked out the atheist 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The secularist blogger was with his wife when he was attacked in a Dhaka street. Police suspect Al Qaeda ties to death of U.S. blogger in Bangladesh 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Adoring Jefferson, Gingrich repeatedly decried the “radical secularists” who were ruining America. Once a Liberal Icon, Jefferson’s Now Claimed by Both Left and Right 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z At first glance, the secularist dogma of Hussein’s tyrannical Baath Party seems at odds with the Islamic State’s harsh interpretation of the Islamic laws it purports to uphold. The hidden hand behind the Islamic State militants? Saddam Hussein’s. 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z At the conference, Younesi said that Iran was operating in Greater Iran against Sunni Islamic extremism, as well as against the Saudi Wahhabis, Turkey, secularists, Western rule and Zionism. Iran’s grand strategy is become a regional powerhouse 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The argument is that these rituals are part of the cultural legacy of Italy, a point contested by staunch secularists. In Italy, Plans for an Easter Blessing Yield a Lawsuit for a Public School 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Tunisia remains polarised between staunch secularists - who tend to be drawn from the east coast, Francophone elite - and poorer, more religiously conservative populations in the south and the interior. Cradle of 'Arab Spring' under threat 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The attack raised concerns that the government, led by secularists, would be pressured to stage a wider crackdown on Islamists of all stripes. Attack stokes instability fears in North Africa 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Tunisia recently formed a coalition government of secularists and Islamists in a move that was hailed as the most successful transition to democracy in the region. Militants kill Tunisian police 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z A satire that demands of the entire world that it observe the same secularist values as the French state is a form of imperialism like any other. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The “God” and afterlife hypotheses add nothing to the moral core of Judaism and Christianity, and that moral core is just as available to secularists as it is to the dogmatically orthodox. David Brooks is holier-than-thou: Why he gets secularism all wrong 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Within hours of Obama’s speech, I heard him attacked by a few secularists who thought he soft-pedaled the theological roots of violence. Obama’s Christian humility 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z It was hard-core secularists keen to see the AKP banned who denounced this “imperialist” meddling, while AKP members seemed quite happy with it. What Turned Erdogan Against the West? 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z That laïcité might be seen as a form of oppression would be deeply offensive to many French secularists who pride themselves on their egalitarian values. ‘France Wants Assimilation Not Integration’: The Problem with French Secularism If you are a devout, fundamentalist Muslim, it seems to me that living in a secularist country isn't the wisest idea if you expect your faith to be accommodated. Crisis in France Is Seen as Sign of Chronic Ills 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z In last week’s column, “Building Better Secularists,” what he actually builds is a caricature of “secularists” which he then proceeds to scold. David Brooks is holier-than-thou: Why he gets secularism all wrong 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Many left-wing secularists share those concerns in a country where the separation of church and state took decades of struggle. French magazine attack set to deepen Europe's 'culture war' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Will Tunisia’s secularists practice the restraint, tolerance and inclusivity that its Islamists demonstrated? Give democratic Tunisia the U.S. support it needs and deserves 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Across the Middle East, the lesson in the past four years for moderate Islamists, he added, is “to share power with secularists.” Tunisia: Cheers and Doubts 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “The divide is not between secularists and Islam,” he said. End of Presidential Race Leaves Tunisia Divided 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Gulen fled Turkey in the 1990s after being accused of plotting to topple the secularist government then in office. Turkey Issues Arrest Warrant for a Rival of Its President 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z In Kadıköy, a staunchly pro-CHP area where the secularist party that Atatürk founded won by a higher margin than anywhere else in the city, people are sceptical. Erdogan Launches Sunni Islamist Revival in Turkish Schools Now it is the turn of Tunisia’s ascendant secularists to do the same — and the responsibility of the United States, and our democratic allies, to help all of Tunisia succeed. Give democratic Tunisia the U.S. support it needs and deserves 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Religious middle schools were shut in 1997 under pressure from the secularist military after an Islamist-led government was pushed from power. Rise of Turkish Islamic schooling upsets secular parents 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The results were widely seen as a defeat of the Islamists by secularists. End of Presidential Race Leaves Tunisia Divided 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Erdogan is a religious man, so some Turks, especially those secularists who associate religion with backwardness, have been inclined to interpret these types of comments as ignorance. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Paisley accused the pope of being “the Antichrist,” and secularists denounced him over his insistent warnings that Europe faced ruin if it did not recover its Christian roots. Pope, in France, Urges Europe to Open Its Arms to Refugees 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z It formed a coalition with two smaller secularist parties. In birthplace of Arab Spring, Tunisia’s Islamists get sobering lesson in governing But the unique setting at Bucca, which thrust together Saddam Hussein’s Baathist secularists and Islamist fundamentalists, set the stage for something perhaps worse: collaboration. How the Islamic State evolved in an American prison During Ennahdha’s years in power, the country witnessed the assassinations of two secularist politicians, the exodus of thousands of young men to wage jihad in Syria, and a weakening economy. The Future of Tunisian Democracy 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The new authorities face immediate challenges of socio-economic reform, managing sustained ideological tensions between Islamists and secularists, and the impact on Tunisia of insecurity across the Sahara and Sahel. In The Cradle Of The Arab Spring, New Vote Brings Hope And Risk 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Francis, he said, shared their concern about declining Christian faith among Europeans, but “his priorities do not include picking an ideological battle with secularists” as “he is more focused on the here and now.” Pope, in France, Urges Europe to Open Its Arms to Refugees 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z But its first big challenge wasn’t the secularists. In birthplace of Arab Spring, Tunisia’s Islamists get sobering lesson in governing Tunisia's secularists are poised to win the most seats in a close-run election that should see the country's ruling Islamists pushed into second place. Tunisia secularists set to win vote 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z “The essential cleavage in Tunisian society today is not between Islamists and secularists,” Jlassi said, “It is between the old regime and revolutionaries.” Ennahda Distances Itself From Salafists 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Yet she is unlike most of Tunisia’s secularists, who are often westernized urban sophisticates. Assassination in Tunisia Draws Spouse Into Politics 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z In the past, such an Islamists vs. secularists division was propagated by authoritarian regimes to distract from their own suppression of pluralism and all forms of opposition. Tunisia shows there is no contradiction between democracy and Islam Alarmed secularists muttered about the need to reimpose a strict police state. Spring is still in the air 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Of course, this point may be moot: I don’t recall hearing of many Christians echoing the kinds of complaints made by secularists like Brian Palmer… There's Nothing Wrong With Medical Missionaries Talking About Faith With Patients 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Turkey’s secularists see this as more evidence that Mr Erdogan wants to replace Ataturk’s republic with Islamist rule. Secularists at bay 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The regional power struggle unfolding inside Libya is one part of the post-Arab Spring conflict between secularist autocrats and the Islamist groups that would overthrow them. With Neighbors Choosing Sides, Libya Faces the Prospect of Civil War 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Still, the opposition will have its work cut out for it in terms of ensuring effective governance of the areas under their control, especially when it comes to reaching agreements between Islamist and secularist currents. Obama has ignored Syria for too long: it's the rise of Isis, stupid – now help 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Luckily Tunisia’s political leaders, both Islamist and secularist, appear to agree on what to do about economic reform and security. Spring is still in the air 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z There remain fundamental disagreements between the Islamists of Ennahda and the secularist left about what it means to be Tunisian. Washington can’t solve the identity crisis in Middle East nations But secularists are wary of Erdogan's increasingly strident brand of Islamism, fearing it impinges on Turkey's historic separation of mosque and state. Erdogan wins Turkey's presidency, according to unofficial results 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z The group, which “facilitates the communication and mobilization of politically aware Satanists, secularists, and advocates for individual liberty,” argues that states’ “informed consent” laws violate its religious freedom. This Week in God, 8.2.14 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z And caught in between are a group of liberal Christians that are culturally aligned with secularists and are increasingly and dismayingly seeing the concept of “faith” aligned with a narrow and conservative political worldview. The growing trend that’s got the religious right thoroughly rattled 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Old-school secularists, meanwhile, speak of excluding Nahda from a future coalition, with hopes of eventually squeezing the Islamists altogether from politics. Spring is still in the air 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The governor is primed for Iowa, crisscrossing the Bible Belt and preaching his belief that it’s the secularists who are ruining America with their extreme intolerance toward people of faith. Bobby Jindal’s sad search: How he seeks political relevance in today’s GOP 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Days later, several members of the secularist opposition made it clear Ihsanoglu was far from their preferred nominee. Turkey's Erdogan Plans to Go from Premiership to Presidency 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z But the west crucially misread the importance of the Ba'ath party and other secularists, from Nasser to Saddam, in keeping Islamist fundamentalism at bay. Further military intervention in Iraq? The very idea beggars belief 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z In clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama — with his radical pro-abortion and extreme secularist agenda — now seems intent on following a similar path.” Can you be Catholic and libertarian? But despite the historic moment, splits between Islamists and secularists, sporadic clashes with jihadists and exuberant participation—more than 100 parties are jostling for places in the National Assembly—political tempers are cool. Spring is still in the air 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z That, he says in a parody of Islamist rhetoric, would show nosy secularists, whining human-rights groups and meddling Western governments who is boss. Show who’s boss 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Libya is falling apart, with Islamists, secularists, military and other factions battling for control. President Obama continues his retreat from Afghanistan This censorship comes as challenges to Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy law have become increasingly deadly, amid a flurry of arrests, killings and assassination attempts on secularists. Twitter Agrees to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Tweets in Pakistan 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Dawkins was less sure of the power of opera to convert audiences to the secularist cause. Infidelio: Richard Dawkins makes operatic debut 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Ironically, Turkey’s secularist opposition, which loathes the Gulenists for their role in defanging the army, now sees them as the last hope. Disillusioned and divided 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z By contrast, many Israeli tech startup founders are secular graduates of the Israel Defense Force’s military intelligence, computer, and signals communications units, now plying their trade in the secularist, fast-paced metropolis of Tel Aviv. With a Bit of Faith, Religious Tech Entrepreneurs Hope to Make a Splash - Digits - WSJ 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But those secularist revolutionary forces are exactly the people that the Brotherhood alienated over the course of Morsi’s divisive and polarizing year in power. The Muslim Brotherhood Struggles in a New Egypt 2014-05-09T17:54:34Z “This welcome decision is very helpful in putting the brakes on the efforts of militant secularists to rid the public square of any religious expression.” Supreme Court Decision On Official Prayer Will Not End Public Debate 2014-05-05T19:04:49Z The thing about exorcism is that it has built-in theological safeguards that superficially protect it from chicanery-alleging secularists. Exorcism is back! Meet the mavericks who will teach you how to cure demonic possession 2014-05-04T19:30:00Z Its most senior politicians - even the few high profile secularists such as Iyad Allawi, a former prime minister - are defined by their past struggles and political feuds. Secularist underdogs fight to be heard in Iraq election 2014-04-29T20:48:33Z For secularists, this is evidence that the church's prestige and importance is no longer what it once was. Eight arguments about whether the UK is a Christian country 2014-04-23T10:14:31Z Haddara, an emergency room doctor who now lives in Canada, said many of those secularist revolutionaries are essentially waiting for a series of public apologies before they will even deal with the group again. The Muslim Brotherhood Struggles in a New Egypt 2014-05-09T17:54:34Z While President Bashar al-Assad and many security leaders belong to the Alawite sect, related to Shiism, they consider themselves secularists allied with Iran and Hezbollah for strategic and political, not religious, reasons. Sayeda Zeinab Journal: Muslim Shrine Stands as a Crossroads in Syria’s Unrest 2014-04-09T03:27:32Z But it was the Islamists who initially benefited, before they were themselves swept away by the military and secularist protesters, prompting speculation about a return to authoritarianism. Egypt profile 2014-04-01T15:11:56Z The party failed to shrug off its image as a bastion of the secularist elite, aloof from the realities of life for the majority in this socially conservative nation of 77 million people. Election protests in Turkey as opposition cries foul 2014-04-01T14:54:55Z It must now be reviewed by parliament, but the draft could very well languish, with national elections scheduled for April 30, and vocal opposition among secularists. Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq 2014-03-08T18:09:38Z Under the agreement reached between Islamists and secularists, elections will be held during 2014, supervised by an independent body elected by parliament. Tunisian Prime Minister replaces Islamist governors ahead of election 2014-02-28T20:41:51Z "Flee or resign", said the secularist Cumhuriyet, quoting the main opposition leader. Leaked recording deepens divisions in Turks' views of Erdogan 2014-02-26T13:27:58Z But a year on, growing dismay at the government's actions among many Egyptians - primarily secularists, liberals and Coptic Christians - boiled over in another wave of protests. Egypt profile 2014-04-01T15:11:56Z Erdogan's Islamist AK Party long encouraged Gulen's followers to seek positions in the bureaucracy to displace the "deep state" - the army-backed secularist establishment that had ruled Turkey since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan 2014-02-05T12:41:38Z Since then, amid Iraq's turmoil, the tug-of-war has continued between Iraq's secularists and Islamists. Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq 2014-03-08T18:09:38Z Ham won the coin toss, so he’s up first with an opening statement: the word science has been hijacked, hijacked by secularists. Creationism vs Evolution 2014-02-05T09:05:29Z He called on them to line up “in one rowlike, solid structure in confronting your sectarian, secularist enemy,” which he identified as the Syrian government supported by “Iran, Russia and China.” Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri seeks to end infighting among Syrian radicals 2014-01-23T19:23:35Z He and his moderate Islamist AK Party have long battled for influence against the secularist military establishment that dominated Turkey for a century. Turkey purges bank watchdog, telecoms body, state TV in graft probe backlash 2014-01-18T10:19:41Z And there was a Muslim Brotherhood boycott this time around - payback for the secularists' use of the same tactic. Egypt's struggle to motivate the 'sofa party' 2014-01-16T15:32:01Z They were seen as major challenges to Turkey's secularist traditions. Turkey PM 'favours plot retrial' 2014-01-06T00:01:43Z The cases were seen as a challenge to modern Turkey's secularist traditions. Turkey military wants 'plot' retrial 2014-01-02T17:17:47Z Unlike Erdogan's past confrontations with rivals such as the secularist military, the corruption scandal has exposed an internecine rift among powerful religious Turks. Erdogan vows Turkish graft affair will fail to topple him 2013-12-29T15:03:30Z Much depends on the resolve of the famously pugnacious three-term premier, 59, who has already transformed Turkey by curbing the powers of the secularist military establishment and presiding over a spectacular economic boom. Analysis: Battered Erdogan seen weathering storm as scandal deepens 2013-12-27T16:42:33Z Erdogan has won three straight elections in Turkey, which has blossomed economically during his rule, and has transformed the country by curbing the power of the secularist military establishment. Turkish president vows no cover-up in corruption scandal 2013-12-24T13:56:19Z Summer protests and riots in central Istanbul underlined growing concern especially among secularists about Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style of government. Enigmatic Turkish cleric poses challenge to Erdogan's might 2013-12-16T10:06:34Z Following the assassinations of two secularist politicians in Tunis, and an ongoing security operation in Tunisia's Chaambi mountains, the government declared the group a terrorist organisation in August 2013. Africa's militant Islamist groups 2013-12-06T01:19:50Z The reclusive cleric drew parallels with the behavior of the secularist military in the build up to past coups. Feud between Turkey's Erdogan and influential cleric goes public 2013-11-21T17:58:41Z His supporters argue he is simply redressing the balance and restoring religious freedom to a Muslim majority after decades of restrictive secularist rule. Turkey's Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat 2013-11-18T00:10:07Z The Virtue Party was closed down in 2001 for violating the secularist articles of the constitution and several lawmakers, including Kavakci, were banned from politics for five years. Four Turkish MPs to attend parliament in head scarves, first time in 15 years 2013-10-31T10:40:13Z On the walls around us, there are slogans like "Down with the Sharia court in Saraqeb", "Who installed you as ruler upon us?" and "Where were the Islamists when the secularists started the revolution?" Hidden struggle among Syria's rebels 2013-09-09T13:16:58Z Istanbul is faced with a Syrian war on Turkey’s border and national tensions between secularists and Islamists. On Olympics: As Delegates Gather, Murky I.O.C. Politics Takes the Stage 2013-09-06T20:32:31Z The demonstrations, along with the sentencing in August of dozens of military officials, politicians, journalists and others in a plot to overthrow the government, further exposed the divide between Erdogan’s Islamist-inspired government and Turkey’s secularists. Cities Vying for 2020 Olympics Have Their Drawbacks 2013-09-05T17:07:11Z Khadmi said the government sought to "correct the religious landscape" after five decades of autocratic secularist rule and described its goal as "the coexistence of democracy and Islam". Ambiguous religion policy backfires on Tunisia's ruling Islamists 2013-09-03T10:12:57Z He sat cross-legged and barefoot, in a vest of rough homespun fabric, and was not especially bothered by the challenges of secularists. Battling Superstition, Indian Paid With His Life 2013-08-25T00:10:29Z Meanwhile, the rise of political Islam in fledgling Arab Spring democracies has created a new set of concerns, with secularists and religious minorities fearful of new restrictive laws. Lebanon Car-Bombings Show the Middle East's Deep Hatreds 2013-08-24T05:05:23Z Some secularists, too, joined the protests, concerned over the preservation of a democratic system they shed blood to achieve during the 2011 revolution. Egyptian Security Forces Fire on Cairo Mosque 2013-08-17T13:04:54Z One result is a debilitating struggle between empowered Islamists and fractured secularists that is playing out in Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and just about everywhere else. Op-Ed Contributor: Democracy in Egypt Can Wait 2013-08-17T00:12:20Z The spark here was the year's second assassination of a leading secularist politician by suspected radical Salafi Islamist gunmen. Tunisian labor leader rejects parallels with Egypt 2013-08-16T19:45:08Z Some Turkish secularists maintain Gulen wants to train a cadre of followers to run a future Islamic state, a charge his supporters vigorously deny. Analysis: Reclusive preacher holds sway over Turkish politics 2013-08-16T14:45:12Z While Lebanon, which went through its own grinding, sectarian civil war, has a political system shaped by confessional divisions, authoritarian regimes in Syria and Egypt preached a secularist Arab nationalism that seemed to supersede religion. Lebanon Car-Bombings Show the Middle East's Deep Hatreds 2013-08-24T05:05:23Z His comments pointed to the wider battle over the future of Egypt's political system, with Islamists pitted against secularists. Protests Break Out in Egypt 2013-08-16T13:49:38Z Egypt became polarised between Mr Morsi's Islamist supporters and their opponents, who include leftists, liberals and secularists. Q&A: Egypt in turmoil 2013-08-16T08:07:51Z Tunisian secularists planned a mass demonstration and march starting at 2 p.m. Tunisian Islamists, secularists gird for rival shows of strength 2013-08-13T11:56:55Z With tension growing in Tunisia between opposition secularists and the Islamist government, hardline Salafists are an increasingly important part of the equation there. Al Qaeda's widening North African jihad confounds foes 2013-08-09T14:47:17Z The case is being seen as a key test in Mr. Erdogan's showdown with secularist and military opposition that for decades dominated politics in Turkey. Turkey Is Tense Before Trial Verdict 2013-08-05T11:08:04Z But even secularists joined the protests, concerned over the preservation of a democratic system they shed blood to achieve during the 2011 revolution. Protests Break Out in Egypt 2013-08-16T13:49:38Z Critics say there is little evidence for the charges and accuse the government of trying to silence its secularist opponents. Verdict due in Turkey 'coup' trial 2013-08-05T07:02:58Z With polarization between Islamists and secularists festering, fears are rising of a Tunisian drift towards an "Egyptian scenario" in which a disgruntled secular opposition topples an elected Islamist-led government. Tunisian Islamists, secularists gird for rival shows of strength 2013-08-13T11:56:55Z The North African country is experiencing increased attacks by radical Islamist militants at a time when the secularist opposition is trying to oust a government led by the moderate Islamist party Ennahda. Tunisian PM calls for calm as rival protests planned 2013-08-03T20:21:45Z Tunisia is a relatively liberal society where Ennahda must reassure secularists to avoid the risk of being overthrown, as the Muslim Brotherhood has been in Egypt. Tunisia's alternative law enforcers 2013-07-29T23:55:41Z "It's going to be Islamic despite the secularists!" the crowd continued. Protests Break Out in Egypt 2013-08-16T13:49:38Z Tensions are also high between secularists and the ruling Islamists in Tunisia, where the funeral of an assassinated secular politician took place on Saturday. Libya PM to reshuffle cabinet, cut ministries after killings 2013-07-27T19:10:40Z Tensions were also high between secularists and the ruling Islamists in Tunisia, where the funeral of an assassinated secular politician was taking place on Saturday. Libyans Turn on Islamists and Liberals After Killings 2013-07-27T16:22:24Z Led by Mr. Brahmi’s own party and its affiliates in the liberal Popular Front, the demonstrators were a mix of leftists, trade unionists and middle-class secularists. Thousands Gather to Bury a Slain Tunisian Politician 2013-07-27T16:47:51Z Tensions are also high between secularists and the ruling Islamists in Tunisia, where the funeral of an assassinated secular politician was taking place on Saturday. Libyans vent anger at Islamists after activist's shooting 2013-07-27T14:28:37Z Negotiations are difficult, with the authorities trying to attract support from groups that range from secularists to ultra-orthodox Muslims, nearly all of whom expressed deep dissatisfaction with elements of the interim constitution. Egypt braces for more protests, prays for calm 2013-07-12T00:15:47Z Still, the AKP has angered secularists by fostering a more visible Islam, helping build mosques and limiting alcohol sales. Egypt's lesson for political Islam: politics comes first 2013-07-08T15:11:24Z Even the hardcore secularist revolutionaries seems fairly lukewarm about him. The Would-Be Prime Minister: Could ElBaradei Stabilize Egypt? 2013-07-07T05:05:22Z At the height of the protests he appeared to appeal increasingly to the Islamist and nationalist core of his party, further alienating secularists and other groups. Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protesters 2013-07-06T17:14:46Z Tunisian secularists accuse Ennahda of incompetence in dealing with a severe economic downturn, including high unemployment, since the 2011 revolution, and of being soft on Islamist militant groups. Tunisian rulers bemoan Egypt's "coup against legitimacy" 2013-07-04T18:46:32Z His moves to entrench Islamic laws and concentrate power in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood also alienated liberals and secularists. Egypt army moves against Brotherhood 2013-07-04T17:04:43Z "The party condemns the military coup against the democratic process," said Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki's secularist party, the Congress for the Republic, in a statement. Tunisian president's party condemns ousting of Egypt's Mursi 2013-07-04T12:26:04Z His moves to entrench Islamic laws and concentrate power in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood also alienated liberals and secularists Are you in Egypt? New Egypt president to be sworn in 2013-07-04T06:30:35Z Egyptian liberals and secularists accuse Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood of spurning any form of political compromise and forcing through a new constitution to further a project of Islamic rule. New Tunisian protest movement takes cue from Egypt 2013-07-03T17:36:54Z The massive protests showed that the Brotherhood had not only alienated liberals and secularists by seeking to entrench Islamic rule, notably in a new constitution, but had also angered millions of Egyptians with economic mismanagement. Egypt army gives Mursi 48 hours to share power 2013-07-02T00:15:04Z All positive lines of communication were seemingly broken; decades-long bipartisan friendships between Islamists and secularists — relationships forged when both sides were fighting Mubarak together—ended. Morsi Faces Trouble One Year After Election 2013-06-29T00:05:25Z The opposition, which includes leftists, liberals and secularists, is united against the Islamists but lacks a unifying vision. Egypt deeply polarised as Morsi marks first year 2013-06-27T10:44:06Z There were Koranic chants over loudspeakers and shouts of "Islamic, Islamic in the eye of the secularists". Mass rally for Egyptian president 2013-06-21T16:39:26Z Instead, many see in Erdogan a liberator after decades of militantly secularist rule in a nation of 76 million people, the overwhelming majority of whom are Muslims. In Turkey's pious heartland, protests seem world away 2013-06-21T08:29:31Z Representing a very large part of the population, they included reformists, Islamic moderates, secularists and other opponents of the hardliners in power. Election hope for Iran's reformists? 2013-06-12T14:49:30Z Impatient with fractious traditional secularist parties, voters welcomed his plans for social reform and renunciation of political Islam. Insight: Turkish troubles highlight cultural divide 2013-06-10T12:01:39Z The rest includes secularists, religious and ethnic minorities, the left, liberals, and those nostalgic for military rule. Yoga against gas canisters in Turkey 2013-06-08T11:13:31Z In a speech, he compared them to past Istanbul "Republic" protests organized by militant secularists accusing Erdogan of trying to replace Turkey's secular republic with an Islamist order. Insight: Erdogan wounded, not felled, by Turkish protests 2013-06-05T20:11:03Z He gave no indication he was preparing any concessions to protesters who accuse him of fostering a hidden Islamist agenda in a country with a secularist constitution. Turkish unions join fierce protests in which two have died 2013-06-04T07:00:13Z Since secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was toppled in the first "Arab Spring" uprising two years ago, Tunisia has seen mounting strife between secularists and Islamists. Tunisia hands suspended jail terms to 20 people over US embassy attack 2013-05-29T17:11:58Z The government says it is aimed at protecting young people from the harms of alcohol, but secularist opponents accuse the government of gradually imposing an Islamic agenda. | Europe: Turkey: Legislation Would Limit Sales of Alcohol and Ban Advertising for It 2013-05-25T01:15:00Z Surprisingly there hasn’t been all that much resistance to National Day of Prayer until recently when the National Day of Reason was introduced by secularists as an alternative. Sally Quinn: My National Day of Prayer petition? Reason. 2013-05-02T21:07:55Z The polarized views over the verdict mark the latest furor pitting conservatives against secularists in a debate over the correct standard for Turkish public life. Turkish Pianist Gets Suspended Term 2013-04-15T14:31:55Z Since secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was toppled in the first "Arab Spring" uprising two years ago, Tunisia has seen mounting strife between secularists who long held power and Islamists whose influence is increasing. Islamists storm Tunisian school after it bars veiled student 2013-04-10T14:19:14Z The shift puts new pressure on the Pakistan Peoples Party, which led the outgoing government in a coalition of three secularist parties. Pakistani Candidates Face Religious Vetting 2013-04-04T23:39:01Z Syria's population includes Christians, Shi'ites, Alawites, Druze and Ismailis as well as majority Sunnis who include mystical Sufis and secularists as well as pious conservatives. Fearful Syrian voters will keep Assad in power: Qassem 2013-03-12T16:23:13Z Larayedh, the new premier-designate, is controversial because opposition secularists accuse the Interior Ministry which he headed of failing to curb Islamist violence. Tunisian secularists protest against new Islamist PM 2013-02-23T17:09:36Z "There will remain unfulfilled expectations and a lot of economic hardship, but the major cause of instability now is a struggle for power between Islamists and secularists," she said. Tunisia seeks new prime minister to escape political crisis 2013-02-20T12:19:40Z But hardline Salafists are pushing for Islam to be made the law of the land, raising secularist fears for a loss of individual freedoms, women's rights and democracy. Islamists storm Tunisian school after it bars veiled student 2013-04-10T14:19:14Z The protest movement has become a spontaneous expression of anger, often only loosely allied to the secularist and liberal parties running against the Brotherhood in elections. Egypt opposition to protest after deadly week 2013-02-01T10:52:07Z Mursi has so far resisted calls from the main liberal and secularist opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, for a national unity government. Mursi heads to Germany on trip cut back by Egypt crisis 2013-01-30T09:20:03Z The day also seems certain to be steeped in both anger and nostalgia for the brief revolutionary window when both secularists and Islamists united in opposition to Mubarak’s rule. Cairo's Anxious Days: The Revolution's Anniversary and a Soccer Riot Verdict 2013-01-25T11:07:03Z Netanyahu has said the turbulence - which has brought Islamist governments to power in several countries long ruled by secularist autocrats, including neighboring Egypt - shows the importance of strengthening national security. Israel set to re-elect Netanyahu, shift further right 2013-01-22T01:09:11Z The most powerful Islamist groups operating in the Sahara were severely weakened by Algeria's secularist military in the civil war in the 1990s. Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead 2013-01-20T00:35:25Z The most powerful Islamist groups operating in the Sahara were severely weakened by Algeria's secularist military in a civil war in the 1990s. Foreigners still trapped in Sahara hostage crisis 2013-01-19T00:15:20Z They condemned Algeria's secularist government for letting French warplanes fly over its territory to Mali and shutting its border to Malian refugees. Algeria ends desert siege, but dozens killed 2013-01-18T00:18:26Z In fact, some leaders within the humanist movement — an umbrella term for those who call themselves atheists, agnostics, secularists and freethinkers, among other terms — are ruefully and self-critically saying the same thing themselves. On Religion: On Religion: Where Are the Humanists? 2012-12-28T17:19:56Z But the close vote is likely to inflame the political situation and further divide the Islamist political majority and the mainly secularist opposition. IHT Special: Egyptian Economy Caught in a Political Bind 2012-12-19T23:10:54Z In contrast to the secularists’ idea of him, Islamists prefer to ignore his drinking and anti-religiosity, emphasizing instead his leadership on the battlefield against invading Western armies. Is Atatrük Dead? 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z He wrote that “our democracy” is not a Western democracy that “begins at pagan Athens and ends in advanced modern societies as a secularist practice, atheistic and immoral.” Abdessalam Yassine, Leader of Moroccan Opposition Movement, Dies at 84 2012-12-16T00:11:19Z Erdogan responds by accusing his secularist opponents of siding with anti-democratic forces and fuelling fears that his Islamist-rooted AK Party was seeking to undermine by stealth the secular foundations of the Turkish Republic. Turkey's Ergenekon conspiracy trial approaches endgame 2012-12-11T16:12:30Z That suggests a deeper anger, beyond the ideological division between Islamists and secularists. No easy way out of Egypt crisis 2012-12-11T01:29:49Z The move infuriated the secularist and liberal opposition, which accused the president of trying to ram through a constitution which believe does not sufficient guarantees on press freedom and women's rights. Egypt profile 2012-12-10T13:56:41Z Less than two weeks later, an estimated 400,000 Turks made pilgrimages to the secularist shrine. Is Atatrük Dead? 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z “We are fighting for God’s law, against the secularists and liberals.” Bloodshed as Islamists and Secular Protesters Battle in Cairo 2012-12-05T23:52:13Z The caretakers of the tent encampment are dissidents, nationalists, secularists, the family and friends of the accused, and even some defendants. Angry Turkish Secularists Plant Flag at Ergenekon Trial 2012-11-13T02:54:23Z The assembly should not listen to the secularists and the small elite. Islamists protest for sharia as Egypt debates constitution 2012-11-09T18:24:11Z Opponents of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan say the trial of the alleged nationalist Ergenekon network and another plot for which hundreds of army officers were convicted in September are designed to silence the secularist opposition. Turkish generals angered as Kurd militant testifies against them 2012-11-08T14:48:22Z Bringing European standards to Turkey’s democracy was the only possible solution for the conflict between the secularists and the Islamists, he says. Is Atatrük Dead? 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z His death caused deep rifts within the rebellion, exposing tensions between Islamists - whom Gaddafi fiercely suppressed during his 42-year dictatorship - and secularists, with various factions accusing each other of responsibility. Libyan wartime leader Jalil faces questioning over killing 2012-11-07T13:14:22Z The opposition has remained divided between Islamists and secularists, civilians and armed fighters, and between exiles and those working inside the country. Bombings rock Damascus, brother of parliament speaker killed 2012-11-07T00:10:29Z Opposition factions were meeting in Qatar in an effort to forge a common front between civilians and rebels, Islamists and secularists, as well as groups outside and inside Syria. Britain floats safe exit for Syria's Assad 2012-11-06T17:34:28Z These men were heirs to the traditions of Turkey’s secularist founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who zealously banished religion from public life. In Turkey, Protests Reveal Break From the Past 2012-10-29T23:16:21Z Hundreds of military personnel and hard-core secularists are currently in jail for alleged roles in various coup investigations. Is Atatrük Dead? 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z A secular politician was killed last Thursday in clashes between secularists and a group of Islamists close to Ennahda in the town of Tataouine. Tunisian secularists protest against Islamist rulers 2012-10-22T16:35:11Z In Mr. Erdogan’s case, he may face criticism from the hard-line secularists who see themselves as the inheritors of the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who forcibly imposed secularism. Turkey and Egypt Look to Team Up Amid Tumult 2012-10-19T11:08:08Z Once, the dominant theme was hardline secularists selectively interpreting the country's laws to try perceived Islamist opponents on trumped-up charges of insulting "Turkishness" or the army, or of inciting religious hatred. Tweeting pianist Say denies Turkish religious insult charge 2012-10-18T19:40:56Z Turkey seems increasingly caught between its secularist past and an unknown future. In Turkey, Protests Reveal Break From the Past 2012-10-29T23:16:21Z The clashes come as criticism among leftists, liberals and secularists against Morsi has been growing since he was inaugurated more than three months ago as Egypt’s first freely elected president. Thousands clash in Cairo 2012-10-12T20:10:00Z Hundreds of politicians, academics and journalists are on trial as part of a five-year investigation into an alleged secularist network known as "Ergenekon", accused of plotting against the government. Turkey's Erdogan to consolidate grip as ruling party renews 2012-09-26T09:38:30Z Never again would hardline secularist generals — the arbiters of political life for decades by force of coups or behind-the-scenes coercion — be able to act with impunity. Turkey's Military Trial: Old Wounds, New Anxieties 2012-09-24T18:35:36Z "We are in a battle with the liberals, the secularists and the remnants of Qaddafi," he said, relaxing in a Western-style shirt and jeans in the brigade's fortified compound. The Lede Blog: Libyan Militia Blamed for Attack on U.S. Consulate Denies Responsibility 2012-09-19T15:15:01Z “We are in a battle with the liberals, the secularists and the remnants of Qaddafi,” he said, relaxing in a Western-style shirt and jeans in the brigade’s fortified compound. Memo From Washington: Questions About Al Qaeda’s Potency Follow Libya Attack 2012-09-19T02:49:07Z It was not only secularists who spearheaded the region's popular revolutions who were lamenting the latest turn of events. IHT Rendezvous: Protests Stir Fears for Arab Spring 2012-09-13T13:30:01Z Religious fundamentalists, moderates and liberal secularists are all jockeying for power in Middle East nations after the Arab Spring. Editorial: Murder in Benghazi 2012-09-13T03:54:25Z Earlier this year he spoke at the “Reason Rally”, a gathering of thousands of secularists on the Mall in Washington, DC. Atheism: Growing disbelief 2012-08-23T15:11:37Z But for secularists, the attitude of the Islamists towards alcohol is at least an indicator of how far they want to push their religious agenda. Cairo, beer and Islamist politics 2012-08-18T13:39:49Z It is a hodgepodge of battalions, including secularists, moderate Islamists and all-too-ordinary people who joined up to defend their lives and their families. Op-Ed Contributor: In the Shadow of Assad’s Bombs 2012-08-10T13:07:01Z Analysts saw the latter as an attempt by the urbane, secularist former insider to burnish his credentials with the Islamist-inclined Sunni core of the rebellion. When Syria's Dust Settles, Will Assad Be Replaced by a 'Junta in a Box'? 2012-07-31T11:05:29Z His eldest daughters are medical doctors, and some of his close friends, from whom he takes advice, are secularists. Former Rebel Leader in Yemen Fills a Leadership Gap in Taiz 2012-07-21T18:24:13Z So should its MPs be described as secularist liberals or moderate modernists? Has Libya bucked the Islamist trend? 2012-07-18T19:21:59Z But it rejects the label of secularist and describes itself as a moderate Islamic political entity. Libya's Jibril beats Islamists in vote, no majority 2012-07-17T23:39:39Z The old mingling of secularists and Islamists and the high percentage of female protesters that characterized revolutionary Tahrir Square are tokens of a bygone era. Egypt’s Overhyped Showdown 2012-07-11T08:45:00Z Following landmark elections this past weekend in Libya, results point to a coalition of moderates and secularists winning the majority of votes. Meet Mahmoud Jibril: The Man Who May Be Libya's First Elected Leader 2012-07-11T08:05:35Z Islamists, secularists and liberals said the two moves constituted a "military coup". Egypt: Who holds the power? 2012-07-10T16:47:19Z Uçarlar agrees that the political situation is “complicated”, with right-wingers, left-wingers and staunch secularists all under attack. Turkey cracks down on academic freedom 2012-07-04T17:20:45.753Z To some secularists and former regime officials, the U.S. messages sounded like endorsements of the Brotherhood. Egyptians Shift Views of U.S. 2012-06-29T00:28:26Z A broad coalition of secularist parliamentarians refused to participate in Tuesday’s rogue parliamentary session, most citing an opposition to the idea of any president simply overturning a Supreme Court decision by decree. Egypt’s Overhyped Showdown 2012-07-11T08:45:00Z But it has exposed the growing power struggle between Islamists and secularists in Tunis. Extradition of Gaddafi Deputy Plunges Tunisia into Political Crisis 2012-06-27T00:05:43Z Indeed, many Egyptian secularists fear what the Brotherhood may do to what remains of non-sectarianism in the country. Egypt's Islamists Make History: But Can They Make a Difference? 2012-06-24T18:05:39Z Increasing the number of women in parliament suits the secularist ruling establishment of which Bouteflika is a part. Arab world gets new trailblazer for women in politics 2012-06-13T14:02:16Z The last panel was suspended by Cairo's Administrative Court on 10 April amid a boycott by groups who claimed liberals, secularists, women, young people and minorities were under-represented. Deal on Egypt constitution panel 2012-06-08T06:49:59Z At the same time, Say is a superstar among secularists in Turkey’s highly polarized environment. Fazil Say 2012-06-11T05:00:00Z Its fiercest opponents are an alliance of trade unions and left-wing secularist parties which are trying to win power themselves when fresh elections are held next year. Tunisia judges start indefinite strike over purge 2012-05-29T21:19:48Z The elections pit Islamists against secularists, and revolutionaries against Mubarak-era ministers. Candidate spar as Egyptians vote 2012-05-24T18:16:52Z Away from the reaches of the secularist state, Algeria is a deeply conservative society. Arab world gets new trailblazer for women in politics 2012-06-13T14:02:16Z As a Christian, his appointment may also help assuage the concerns of minorities and secularists about the council's perceived Islamist tilt. How an Election Further Splintered Syria's Opposition 2012-05-17T19:45:00Z The old paganism and modern pantheism are reverent, filial, and elevating compared with the atheism of Comte and of our modern secularists. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Liberals and secularists are furious at the decision this week by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to name Khairat al-Shater as its candidate next month’s presidential election. Why the U.S. May Be Secretly Cheering a Muslim Brotherhood Run For Egypt's Presidency 2012-04-04T09:35:23Z It has had great currency in England among the clergy, many of whom have assisted in spreading it abroad; and even secularists have found it passable—as a caricature. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Humanitarian and secularist systems make the simple mistake of ignoring the supreme Factor in the scheme of things; they leave out the All in all. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The secularists who are their successors since 1840 pose as the friends of the poor. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z New Year's Day has no very religious origin, and so can be celebrated by the most zealous secularist - but perhaps not with New Year's resolutions, which are a Puritan tradition of spiritual improvement. How much Christianity is hidden in British society? 2012-02-22T10:39:56Z “In New York, the heart of the most hardened secularist softens when visiting one of our inner-city Catholic schools,” he told the cardinals. City Room: Archbishop Dolan Extols Faith of New Yorkers 2012-02-17T21:06:20Z Feb. 12 happens to be the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, a man venerated by many atheists, agnostics and assorted secularists. City Room: Examining the Separation of Church and Schools 2012-02-09T14:32:12Z Beltagy and Nour are sometimes described as the unlikely twins of Egypt’s new political scene: one a committed Islamist, the other a liberal secularist, but rarely in disagreement. Mohamed Beltagy, Egypt?s Human Bellwether 2012-01-19T22:25:10Z While Tebow has made his priorities clear that his faith comes first, Elway’s job demands that he be the analytical secularist and stick to the science of football. Harvey Araton: Tim Tebow Performs Better in Sideshow 2012-01-15T19:53:09Z Religious fanatics consider the beginning and end of the world to be their exclusive domain, which endlessly frustrates secularists and some scientists. Despite Mayan predictions, scientists don?t believe the world will end soon 2012-01-09T20:44:37Z Tensions between the staunchly secularist military and the Islamist-rooted AK Party are long-held, though the party shuns the Islamist label and calls itself socially conservative. Turkey's custody laws draw flak after general held 2012-01-07T18:15:29Z People from different ends of the political spectrums of civil society, including secularist liberals, are forming coalitions with Islamists. 2011 "Year of the Tyrant," 2012 ominous for Syria, Iraq 2011-12-22T15:40:52Z “It seems that every Sunni Muslim or secularist is in danger of being labeled either a Baathist or a terrorist.” Arrest Order for Sunni Leader in Iraq Opens New Rift 2011-12-19T19:00:53Z As president, he will be a secularist counterweight to the moderate Islamist party which is now Tunisia's dominant political force. Tunisia installs former dissident as president 2011-12-12T18:44:51Z But they see an opportunity in the upheavals of the "Arab Spring," which have this year unseated entrenched secularist leaders. Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for "Arab Spring" revival 2011-12-08T12:16:54Z For Mona Mohram, a 60-year-old voting in central Cairo today, the presence of a secularist bloc in parliament will be an important counterbalance to the Islamist groups. Egypt Islamists Compete as First Round of Elections Ends 2011-12-06T15:03:04Z The latest flare-up of tension is complicating efforts by Ennahda and its two secularist coalition partners to agree on the make-up of a coalition government. Islamists and secularists in Tunisia stand-off 2011-12-03T13:31:07Z Ali al-Korey, a self-proclaimed secularist, voted for the Brotherhood’s surrogate party because, he said, it’s “capable of helping build Egypt.” Egypt Islamists on Collision Course With Military After Vote 2011-11-30T22:34:31Z Since Tunisia ousted its leader in the first "Arab Spring" revolution this year, the country has seen mounting tensions between secularists who have traditionally held power and Islamists whose influence has been growing. Tunisia secular, Islamist students clash on campus 2011-11-29T17:54:46Z He is a secularist but is trusted by the Islamists. Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for "Arab Spring" revival 2011-12-08T12:16:54Z Incomplete results from Friday's vote indicate that the PJD will lead a coalition government in partnership with the secularist party of the outgoing prime minister and two other groups. Morocco Islamists poised to win parliamentary vote 2011-11-26T15:32:02Z "Islamic Tunisia is not secular!," and "No to secularist extremism." Islamists and secularists in Tunisia stand-off 2011-12-03T13:31:07Z Secularism is the reaction against dogmatism, but secularism still accepts the views of the dogmatist on religion; for it is upon the dogmatist's valuations and definitions that the secularist rejects religion as worthless. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Many Tunisian secularists, a group that has dominated the political landscape since independence from France half a century ago, fear that their freedoms will be undermined. Tunisia secular, Islamist students clash on campus 2011-11-29T17:54:46Z Opposing him is a camp of hardline secularists who have backing from the powerful security forces. Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for "Arab Spring" revival 2011-12-08T12:16:54Z He received 145 votes, four members abstained, and 68 voted for the rival candidacy of Maya Jribi, of the secularist PDP party. Tunisia's new assembly holds "historic" first session 2011-11-22T20:12:41Z The Islamists' main challenger is the newly-formed Coalition for Democracy which is centered around secularist parties with ties to the court of Morocco's ruler King Mohammed. Morocco "won't follow Tunisia down Islamist path" 2011-11-21T11:17:32Z Above all, there is a need of opening the church doors to the secularist. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z |
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