Word: secularization
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...familiarity, though, doesn't make it any less susceptible to criticism - from predictable opponents as well as less likely foes. There are plenty of conflicting reports as to whether or not faith-based community programs are more, less, or just as effective as those run by secular organizations - an uncertainty that only serves to fuel the fierce debate over entwining something as public as federal dollars with something as private as religious beliefs...
...days leading up to the President's announcement, religious leaders appeared to be divided on the issue; some expressed worry that a governmental mantle could force their programs into a sort of purgatory of purpose - stripped of their outright religious intent but nonetheless considered less than legitimate by secular peers...
...equally difficult for India and Pakistan to step back from the brink in Kashmir, because Kashmir is far more than a territorial dispute; it's intimately linked to the national identity of both sides - with Pakistan's identity as an Islamic state and India's identity as a secular state...
...Speaking of India's identity as a secular state, isn't that challenged by Prime Minister Vajpayee's statements in support of a campaign to build a Hindu shrine over the ruins of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, which was destroyed by a mob of Hindu extremists...
...seats to Likud in a parliamentary election right now. Both parties draw support primarily from immigrants from Arab countries, and analysts predict that in an election focused almost exclusively on peace and security issues, there'd be a stampede of voters from the religious party back to the secular nationalists...