Word: secularized
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...laws, but polls continue to show that the reforms have broad support. Indeed, after spending centuries gazing lovingly across the Mediterranean to its stronghold on the Iberian peninsula, the Holy See now views Spain as a sad example of how the West was lost to the forces of secular humanism. Such doctrinal concerns don't exist for Rocío Martínez-Sampere and Jordi Domenech, who were born the year before Franco's death. For both of them, marriage is out of the question and careers are important. But, at 33, they are expecting their second son this...
...forth by the College. So despite this overwhelming sense of negativity towards uninvited preaching amongst even the Divinity School faculty, there is still a strong presence of religious solicitation on campus.Amanda L. Shapiro ’08, who just stepped down from her role as president of the Harvard Secular Society, notes the conflict involved in restricting religious recruitment while preserving First Amendment rights. “I wouldn’t want to restrict religious solicitors from coming here. I think that restricts freedom of speech, but I do think that maybe there should be some sort of restriction...
...only hope for the US in Pakistan. Closer analysis, however, suggests that his claims are far from true. In the 2008 elections—which were much freer and fairer than those of 2002—only 6 seats went to the Islamists. In addition, a secular party won the majority of seats from the North-West Frontier Province where the War on Terror is actually taking place. These results prove that the people of Pakistan are against religious fundamentalism, something the US has largely ignored. In 1999, Pakistan was a stable country with a moderate political party in power...
...Muslim League (Q), won only a quarter as many seats as were captured by the two largest opposition parties. But at least as important was the crushing defeat given to religious parties across the country, and especially in the Northwest Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan. There, voters flocked to secular candidates, utterly rejecting the politics of "Talibanization...
...That's an argument long made by Pakistan's secular parties in their push for an end to Musharraf's reign. The coming months will surely see it tested...