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In an odd alliance, secularists are also chary, worried that the brand of moderate Islam they peddle could prove to be the gateway to a more extreme version. But stuffy religious authorities are now being forced to acknowledge these stars' …
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Alliance, Americanization, extreme version, gateway, Islam, meadia, moderate islam, religious authorities, secularistsPublished February 15, 2012 | Like many of Islamists, who were oppressed under Ben Ali, Walid wants Islam to play a bigger role in the political life in post-revolution Tunisia . "We want to respect our religion and to apply Islamic law in our country," he said. …
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Published December 30, 2011 | By Patrick Seale, Special to Gulf News Political Islam is making a dramatic comeback right across the greater Middle East. Some in the West will react with alarm at what they see as a dangerous geopolitical upset. Democrats, secularists, feminists …
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Posted in Islam | alarm, comeback, dramatic comeback, feminists, gulf news, Islam, Political, rise of political islam, secularists, topicPublished December 3, 2011 | By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists staged parallel protests outside the interim parliament on Saturday in a dispute over how big a role Islam should play in society after the country's "Arab Spring" …
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Posted in Islam | dispute, Islam, islamists, reuters, secularists, Society, Tarek Amara, topic, tunisia, Tunisian IslamistsPublished November 17, 2011 | By WNYC Newsroom US Roman Catholic bishops this week vowed to defend their religious liberty in the face of growing acceptance of gay marriage and what they called attempts by secularists to marginalize faith. Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the …
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Posted in Religion | Catholic, Eroding, face, faith, gay marriage, marriage, religious liberty, roman catholic bishops, secularists, timothy dolanPublished October 31, 2011 | | Unlike the young secularists, many Tunisians see Islam as a defining feature of their personal and political identities. The public also knows that Islamic democrats such as Ennahdha's intellectual leader, Rashid Ghannouchi, were almost the only voices … See all stories on this topic » |
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Posted in Islam | democracy, intellectual leader, Islam, Islamic, noah feldman, political identities, rashid, secularists, topic, TunisiansPublished October 23, 2011 | This nation that inspired revolution across the Arab world is facing another bellwether moment that may again foreshadow what happens throughout the Mideast in the intensifying battle between secularists and Islamists over the role of …
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Posted in Religion | arab world, bellwether, foreshadow, islamists, mideast, moment, secularists, vote, ya libnanPublished October 23, 2011 | | Freedoms brought by the Arab Spring are reigniting debates between Islamists and secularists, but also between ultraconservative and moderate Muslims over how deeply religion should permeate society. Egyptians are preparing for parliamentary elections … See all stories on this topic » |
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Posted in Religion | Egyptians, islamists, Los, los angeles times, parliamentary elections, reigniting debates, secularists, Society, topic, votePublished October 21, 2011 | Did a Jacksonville, Fla., public school principal cross the line into state sponsorship of religion when he promoted a weekly on campus school prayer session, and assert that the "1st Amendment was for Christianity, not other religions"? …
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Posted in Religion | prayer, prayer event, prayer session, school prayer, secularists, sponsorship, state, state sponsorship, topic, weeklyPublished October 19, 2011 | The Middle East is paying close attention to how Tunisia reconciles the conflicting agendas of Islamists and secularists following the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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