For the average Iraqi, the tradeoff for relative safety is living with a certain level of extortion, political corruption and religious militancy.

General Musharraf instructed his security chiefs last week to come up with plans to curb religious militancy.

The growth of religious militancy in South Asia is likely to excite many Hindus.

Thus he spent his time among the learned men who had settled there to escape religious militancy which was sweeping Iran and Khorasan.

Critics say the effort reflects a half-hearted resolve to flush out religious militancy.

Past crackdowns in Turkey have led to prosecution of politicians and journalists deemed to have encouraged religious militancy.

Powerful leaders consider it a sign of religious militancy and antisecular beliefs.

The possibility of a virulent burst of Shiite religious militancy appears to be a chief threat to American plans for a democratic system in Iraq.

Although it began as a secular democracy, a tide of religious militancy has been growing.

All these factors, combined with mounting religious militancy, make us believe that Bangladesh's democratic and secular foundations are in jeopardy.