secularism
Example Sentences
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The demolition provoked the worst religious violence in India for many decades - it was, he said years later, the "gravest setback" to secularism since the country's independence from Britain in 1947.
From BBC
“This rise in popularity correlates with increasing secularism and nationalism.”
Pope John XXIII’s goal was to promote evangelism, not to accept secularism.
Jean-François Roberge, the minister responsible for secularism, said in French at a news conference on Thursday that the bill was "part of an approach that respected individual as well as collective rights".
From BBC
The court said the judgement "was not about secularism in the education system" and made clear that "no one is suggesting that RE should not be provided in schools in Northern Ireland".
From BBC
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