secular order

They mark him as a dedicated supporter of the secular order.

They were well aware that the natural secular order of things was rule by the monarch.

Tunisia has imposed a secular order since independence from France in 1956.

But the army, which sees itself as the ultimate guarantor of the secular order, has made no comment.

Turks worried the government is undermining the country's secular order see a hidden agenda.

It is a contemplative, secular order of educated Catholic women, whose roots are in spiritual community.

"I don't agree at all that allowing women to wear a headscarf to university threatens the secular order," he added.

Turkish secularists, including the army, see the headscarf as a threat to the secular order.

The military elite fears his presidency will lead to a creeping subversion of the secular order.

But my point was that even if you've never been formally pledged to the Order, there are secular orders of chivalry.

The rectors are traditionally staunch defenders of Turkey's secular order.

Denying any plans to subvert Turkey's secular order, he set about deep-reaching social reforms.

He resigned under pressure from the military and political opponents who said that he was plotting against the secular order of Turkey.

Secularists charge the party has a secret agenda to replace the secular order with religious rule in the mainly Muslim country.

This, it said, would threaten the secular order and it would feel obliged to act.

Lay people, known as the Secular Order, follow their contemplative call in their everyday activities.

Critics in the conservative establishment claim the reforms by the Islamic-rooted government are a challenge to Turkey’s secular order.

When the education reform was passed in May, Turkish financial markets dropped on fears that the military might intervene to defend the secular order.

Many see Turkey's secular order threatened by Erdogan.

Turkey's secular order still poses problems in his personal life - there have been state functions that his headscarf-wearing wife could not attend.

The President of such a council must be a member of the Secular Order who has made definitive promises.

Islamists did not support a secular order in Lebanon and wished to bring about rule by Muslim clerics.

This step was necessary, because of the still unclear legal situation of secular orders, which had been closed down during the Third Reich.

The military is a powerful political player in Turkey and has staged four coups since 1950 against what it deemed threats to the country's secular order.

But the example of Turkey suggests Islamism can be synthesised into a pluralist and secular order.