Word: secularization
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...Sharon's government, but if not, he may have to look towards a narrower coalition of hard-line nationalist and religious parties. The wildcard in the current election, however, is the centrist Shinui party of Tommy Lapid, which has surged from the political margins on a platform of militant secularism. Lapid's peace policies are somewhat vague, but his challenge to the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox who are exempt from military service and study at state expense has proved so popular that Shinui stands to win a potential king-making role with 14 seats. Lapid's dream ticket...
MIDDLE EAST One Step Forward ... A host of Palestinian groups met in Cairo for talks on ending attacks against Israel. Yasser Arafat's secular Fatah faction endorsed a proposed truce, but Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected it. The need for a cease-fire was apparent in Gaza, where a Palestinian teen died in a gun battle after the Israeli army raided the town of Beit Hanoun. Troops also blew up bridges in reply to rocket attacks on the nearby Israeli town of Sderot. In the West Bank, Israel bulldozed more than 60 Palestinian shops near Tulkarem. Israeli officials said...
...Elmo's Fire, abruptly left Hollywood for his native Pittsburgh, Pa., in search of his lost artistic integrity; he didn't find it. What Should I Do with My Life? is an old question borrowed from a sacred context, but Bronson is asking it in a modern, secular age, when the voice from on high has been replaced by one from inside. But now, as then, not everybody can hear...
...legions of volunteers from various religious groups who help needy people across America. This will not change as a result of Bush’s executive order, though there will be less federal money to go around. What will change is the dynamic between America’s secular government and the special considerations given to its religious institutions...
...idea of a secular democracy is that people get together to help one another through a social network based on equality and fairness. The civil rights movement did a great deal to make sure that this fairness was expanded, and its victories are too valuable to erode because of Bush’s penchant for catering to conservatives...