Word: secularized
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...late for what? In this case, the debate rages. France's leading teachers' union, SNES, opposed the forced reading, arguing that injecting political messages into schools from above violates the principles of secular neutrality that led to the ban of religious objects like yarmulkes and Islamic hijab in public schools. That official state secularism was imposed at public schools in 1903 to end previous practices of Catholic theology being taught under the guise of non-denominational education; critics claim Sarkozy's embrace of the Môquet letter restores that practice on an ideological level. "Can we take the risk...
...chief interpreter of law, the Supreme Court, has long struggled to create a working definition of religion that is both inclusive and effective at distinguishing secular from sacred. During the Vietnam War, for example, in U.S. v. Seeger, the Court approved “conscientious objector status” for people who held a “sincere and meaningful” belief which “occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by the orthodox belief...
...Indeed, beyond the scandal of the moment, Pentecostalism has produced a culture of superstar preachers whose lives are always at risk of being turned into something close to secular entertainment...
...achieved global renown in 1991 when he led the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid peace conference, the first ever face-to-face meeting of Israeli and Arab adversaries. Doctor turned negotiator Haidar Abdel Shafi, above, the rare secular leader respected by rival Palestinian factions, resigned in 1993 over the Oslo peace agreements with Israel, which he said failed to address the issue of Jewish settlements on disputed land...
...surprised that you dedicated half of it to Aryn Baker's story "Beyond Faith" [Aug. 20], giving readers the impression that Islam plays a big part in Indian life. Roughly only 1 out of 10 Indians is Muslim, and 60 years of independence have produced a functioning secular democracy in India and a failed Islamic state in Pakistan. Pakistan would have disintegrated into warring ethnic provinces had it not been for the billions of dollars that the U.S. poured into the coffers of military dictators and generals. Can we let India be India and Pakistan be Pakistan? Gautham Venkata-Chalam...