Word: secularize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While today's secular checks on the Church's power may prevent the mass executions of the past, they cannot prevent the church from causing havoc in other ways. The pope and teh Catholic hierarchy have been alleged supporters of oppressive militaristic regimes in the Dominican Republic and throughout Latin America...
...four factions of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, which as a group endorses the talks and guides the actions of the Palestinian negotiators. More surprising still was the presence of two Muslim fundamentalist organizations, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Up to now, these groups and the secular P.L.O. factions have held one another at a stiff arm's length...
...deal with another often-leveled criticism--that students of the discipline don't learn anything they wouldn't in everyday life. It's a debate that's as old as Harvard itself. Cotton Mather accused the College of pandering to common interests when it delved even slightly into secular matters...
...Kurdish question is particularly tricky. In addition to the nearly 5 million Kurds in Iraq, there are 12 million to 15 million in Turkey. A close American ally, Turkey is one of the few secular democracies in the Islamic world, making it an important positive influence in the Middle East as well as in Central and Southwest Asia. The mere prospect of independence for the Iraqi Kurds would inspire their Turkish brethren to step up the guerrilla war they have been waging against Ankara since the early 1980s...
...pushing MICHAEL W. SMITH, a contemporary Christian star. Last year Smith's Place in This World was a No. 6 pop single. With his new album, Change Your World, Smith aims for the loftier success of Amy Grant, who blazed the Christian-to-pop crossover. But while the secular songs Geffen will promote to radio are pleasant (the syrupy duet with Grant, Somewhere Somehow, could be a smash), the album's better cuts reflect Smith's religious roots. A standout: Cross of Gold, which challenges people who wear holy symbols around their necks but lack saintliness in their souls...