Word: secularized
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...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...
...religious authority to issue a fatwa, but for some in Pakistan, his declaration of war against President Pervez Musharraf carries the same weight as a papal excommunication. More importantly, though, bin Laden's denunciation of General Musharraf as an "apostate leader" is a jihadist echo of the charge by secular opponents that the general's efforts to hold on to power are illegitimate...
...some Turkish women the issue extends beyond how students dress their hair to the broader question of how secular women can thrive in a Muslim society. In an interview last weekend, Serif Mardin, a prominent liberal sociologist, cautioned against social changes that could impinge on the freedoms of non-religious women in Turkey. "I am 100% convinced that the ban on headscarves is an anti-democratic practice," he told Hurriyet. "But I also believe Turkish women are justified in thinking that their status is in jeopardy...