Sentence examples for secular leadership from inspiring English sources
"By definition, he will always prefer a religious leadership to a secular leadership.
In the papal document, Francis made a point of praying for secular leadership.
Mr. Chalabi's move toward secular leadership appears to signal a new phase in his political maneuvering.
Iran sees a western-backed, pan-Turkic conspiracy behind such talk while Azerbaijan's authoritarian secular leadership sees Islamic plots behind every minaret.
At the same time, hard-line religion has spread among Tripoli's large population of jobless young men, many of them disenchanted with Mr. Hariri's secular leadership.
Most Kuwaitis are grateful for the United States' rescue in 1991 after Iraq invaded their country, and Muslim fundamentalists oppose the secular leadership of Saddam Hussein.
Another way that the Dalai Lama is trying to sustain the Tibet movement in the future is by promoting a secular Tibetan leadership.
One way that the Dalai Lama hopes to prevent a violent future is by teaching younger figures to uphold his vision until a reincarnation comes of age — or a secular exile leadership can gain support.
The nation's avowedly secular political leadership and business community view him with deep suspicion, at a time when Turkey's long relationship with the United States is especially important because of the Bush administration's vows to disarm Iraq, Turkey's neighbor to the southeast.
In a world where tests of secular Muslim leadership too often seem to fail, what's unfolding in Turkey is discouraging.
The truce actually undermines peace, undermines the secular Palestinian leadership in the West Bank that is steadily losing ground to the religious extremists, and only sets up Israel for more violence.
