Word: secularism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...populist, pro-Islamic politician whose party did not field a single female candidate in the last elections; she is a decidedly secular, right-wing former Prime Minister who got her husband to take her surname. Odd couplings are common in politics, but the union of Necmettin Erbakan and Tansu Ciller is especially curious. Last week Erbakan became the head of the first Islamist-majority coalition government in Turkey since Kemal Ataturk declared it a secular state in 1923. In two years' time, Erbakan is due to hand over power to Ciller and her True Path Party. The deal was ratified...
Think Harvard is a godless wasteland of secular academia? Think again...
...powerfully during my recent visit to Israel was not the average Israeli's preoccupation with the future of the "peace process," but rather an issue which, for the Jewish people at least, is perhaps of even greater importance to Israelis and Jews throughout the Diaspora--the reconciliation between secular and more observant Israeli Jews...
...track upon which Israelis were headed until Netanyahu's election was fraught with dangers beyond the misguided concept of trading land for peace. Along with the price of giving up their land, Israelis in major cities are becoming increasingly secular and irreligious. Netanyahu's promises to end the sale of cheeseburgers, ham and pork, all of which are in strict violation of Jewish dietary laws, are sure to assist in the reunification of a country divided...
...very strict" Apostolic Church. As a member, says Braxton, she had to wear long dresses, hats and other modest garb, something that made her stand out, uncomfortably, among her schoolmates. Also setting her apart was the fact that she wasn't allowed to listen to the type of secular music that she now specializes in. But as she neared the end of high school, her father loosened up the rules--and Braxton bought her first pair of pants. "They were Levi's," she says. "I'll never forget. Straight-legged Levi's. From there I got to wear nail polish...