secularism
noun
sec·u·lar·ism
ˈse-kyə-lə-ˌri-zəm 
: indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
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Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Al-Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
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Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Mr. Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
Gandhi’s foremost disciple and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, fostered a polity that broadly met the essential criteria of secularism: everyone was free to practice his or her religion, and the state regarded all religions as equal in the public sphere.
—Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Under Modi, the country has become less welcoming of religious difference, less committed to its founding ideals of pluralism and secularism, and increasingly intolerant of those unwilling to accept India as a Hindu nation—and not a pluralist one.
—Fahad Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2021
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Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Mr. Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
Gandhi’s foremost disciple and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, fostered a polity that broadly met the essential criteria of secularism: everyone was free to practice his or her religion, and the state regarded all religions as equal in the public sphere.
—Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
Under Modi, the country has become less welcoming of religious difference, less committed to its founding ideals of pluralism and secularism, and increasingly intolerant of those unwilling to accept India as a Hindu nation—and not a pluralist one.
—Fahad Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2021
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secularism
noun
sec·u·lar·ism
ˈsek-yə-lə-ˌriz-əm
: the belief that religion and religious considerations should be ignored
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