Sentence examples for secular rule from inspiring English sources

They formed a "counter elite", united by resentment of years of secular rule in Nigeria.

In modern times, they were persecuted under the secular rule of Mr. Hussein, who is a Sunni.

But Egypt's Brotherhood, the original Islamist movement at the center of the Arab world, has never flinched from demanding an Islamic government and opposing secular rule.

It is wrestling with an identity defined by both a history of iron-fisted secular rule and the promise of Islamist-infused democracy.

Government officials generally dismiss any question about Alawite dominance either by saying Syria benefits from secular rule or noting the number of Sunni Muslims in top positions.

With the Muslim Brotherhood, too, the most organised group, the professed desire to see secular rule continue in Egypt runs counter to its charter.

The nursery's internal rules stated that it was an institution that respected neutrality and secularism in working with small children.The court insisted this week that its ruling should not be interpreted as a green light to apply secular rules to private companies.

But secular rules on the whole prevail.

But it will be hard to apply secular rules evenly.

But in general, if Catholic hospitals don't want to follow reasonable, 21st century secular rules, they need to make themselves into truly religious enterprises.

This ambition creates friction between the religious faith he professes and the secular rules of criminal justice he is sworn to uphold.