Sentence examples for secular policies from inspiring English sources

But we are illiterate beyond that because of the secular policies of the state".

It also has supported secular policies that encourage equal rights for all citizens, including those in lower castes.

The religious rightwing parties said today they were considering forming a bloc to outweigh Lieberman because they are concerned about some of his secular policies.

Yet, when they were swept to an overall majority in the election of November 3rd, Mr Erdogan reassured the nation that he had no intention of deviating from Turkey's solidly pro-western and secular policies.

What Alexis achieved, ac cording to his critics, was ap parently through compromise —the state permitted the church to operate and the Patriarch supported the secular policies of the state.

Ansar al-Islam, whose name means Supporters of Islam, started in northern Iraq in 2001 as a merger of several militant Kurdish groups dissatisfied with the mainly secular policies of the two leading Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

There was no such thing as secular policy in the ancient Middle East.

Madison was aware that most nations have made an instrumental use of God (as the endorser of secular policy) and that this dishonors God rather than honors him.

They seek a theological sanction for secular foreign policy choices".

Accepting that secular public policy closes off as many possibilities as it creates would be welcome, especially among British Muslim communities.

Once there is a change of administration, however, a rational, secular foreign policy must take into account that these dueling apocalypses exist and have a powerful hold around the world.