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• n  a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

• It is not secularism as such that is characteristic of the present religious situation in this country but secularism within a religious framework, the secularism of religious .
• Kemal Ataturk, the most daring of them, introduced Turkey, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, to Western-style secularism in order to toughen his society against .
• Despite his parents' secularism, or perhaps because of it, Einstein rather suddenly developed a passionate zeal for Judaism.

News & Articles

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• ‘Conscience and Its Enemies,’ by Robert P. George
  Robert P. George argues against liberal secularism.
  June 21, 2013 - New York Times
• How Tunisia is Turning Into a Salafist Battleground
  An interview with a professor who was attacked for standing up for secularism.        
  June 20, 2013 - The Atlantic
• Islam and Secularism: the Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France
  A symposium in Bordeaux, France, organised by The European Azerbaijan Society and IDEMM, has highlighted the Azerbaijani experience of secularism and tolerance. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10839650.htm
  June 17, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in FOXNews
  It is as if they are intent on establishing a new religion in America - the religion of secularism. They are wrong,Romney said, to strong and lasting applause.
• Newt Gingrich in Dallas Morning News (registration)
  A growing culture of radical secularism declares that the nation can not profess the truths on which it was founded,Gingrich said.
• Abdullah Gul in Forbes
  Secularism - one of the main principles of our republic - is a precondition for social peace as much as it is a liberating model for different lifestyles,Gul said. "As long as I am in office, I will embrace all our citizens without any...