Sentence examples for secular leanings from inspiring English sources

Philip Larkin, an English poet of decidedly secular leanings, disdained ecclesiastical liturgy, once calling it "that vast moth-eaten musical brocade".

Mr Erdogan's resounding success at the polls was the clearest signal yet that his compatriots, most of whom share the generals' secular leanings, do not think he is bent on an Islamic takeover.

He apparently had to flee from Saragossa; the circumstances leading to his departure are described in his "Song of Strife": His "Song of Strife" and other poems show that his being a synagogal poet did not protect him against the hatred of his co-religionists in Saragossa, who called him a Greek because of his secular leanings.

Gezi Park is located in Taksim Square, the heart of the modern city and a focal point of huge symbolic value to many Istanbul residents and Turks with secular leanings.

In the weeks that followed Elmahdi, branded "The naked blogger," has received a wave of international media attention as well as death threats and harsh criticism — both from religious conservatives and from secular leaning liberals in the country, who feared it would hurt their cause in the upcoming post-Mubarak elections.

Originally from eastern Turkey, Mr. Kilicdaroglu, who represents Istanbul, is an Alevi, a member of a secular-leaning Muslim sect.

Now it is the most unexpected player in the secular-leaning coalition guiding Egypt through its latest transition.

Secular-leaning politicians were upset about the clerics' involvement, and some were uncertain that was the right course.

Mr. Tomeh, 48, who ran unopposed, was said to be a consensus candidate accepted by a secular-leaning coalition within the group and the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

Among the arrested were members of the secular-leaning Freedom Movement, including two ministers from the provisional government that briefly held office after the 1979 revolution.

A delay could allow for renewed negotiations with the secular-leaning opposition to create a draft that both sides would support.