He launched the Infitah economic reform policy, while clamping down on religious and secular opposition.

Most proponents of the Christian countercult movement keep a distance from secular opposition to new religious movements.

"The campaign against the Islamic movement is accompanied by a campaign against the secular opposition, the unions, the independent newspapers."

Egypt's ruling elite has, in turn, traditionally worried far more about the secular opposition than about the Islamists.

The secular democratic opposition in the region is too weak to hold the reins of power.

Bahrain's secular opposition to the Sunni ruling family is mainly supported by the island's Shia majority.

In spite of serious challenges posed by civil war and secular opposition, the institute she founded soon spread into Catalonia.

In contrast to the secular opposition, the religious opposition was better organised and stronger.

The reasons for secular opposition to the Zionist movement are very different from those of religious Jews.

The party was able to attract a following amongst intellectuals and middle class elements, and became a prominent force of the secular opposition.