Examples of using Secularists in English and their translations into Serbian
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Ask the secularists in Basra.
There is a small number of Hindus, Sikhs,Animists, and secularists in the town.
Secularists, especially on the left, used to have a faith of their own.
Despite these achievements, however, secularists remain concerned about AKP's long-term goals.
Secularists have called a series of protests, drawing millions.
Although the AKP has consistently denied it, the secularists fear that the party has a hidden religious agenda.
Turkish secularists, though, are convinced that he shares a hidden Islamist agenda.
The trend is towards sharper polarization in Turkish politics andrenewed tension between the government and secularists.
Liberals and secularists are becoming the minority, finding it necessary to hide and protect themselves.
And needless to say it was in conflict with the hopes andplans of Iran's democratic secularists and Islamic leftists.
Secularists in Turkey are uncomfortable with the idea of Gul as president because of his political roots.
It did not want the EU strictures secularists wanted, nor did it want to share in the European economic crisis.
There are too many people in this country who have been cowed into fear of coming out as atheists or secularists or agnostics.
One reason is that secularists in Turkey worry about the Islamic roots of the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP).
The controversial move is expected to stoke fresh tension between secularists, and the government, which has roots in political Islam.
The secularists suspect the Islamists of being secretly aligned with radical Islam- and are the source of many of the rumors floating about.
The ruling party Justice and Development(AKP) has been criticised for having a"secret Islamist agenda" by some secularists in Turkey.
Such actions, secularists charge, are proof that the AKP is simply the old Islamist wolf dressed up in moderate conservative clothing.
Islamists and conservatives will continue to flock to the AKP, he argues,while liberals and secularists will see no choice but to pin their hope on the CHP.
Basbug's remarks echo secularists' concerns about the AKP's increasing"authoritarian" tendencies after its 2007 electoral victory.
He did voice concern, however,that the referendum has contributed to the polarisation between secularists, who opposed the changes, and religious Turks.
Secularists in Turkey have staged a series of protests against the Justice and Development Party, which has roots in political Islam.[Getty Images].
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed parliament's vote as a triumph for democracy,but Turkey's secularists see it as a threat to the separation of religion and state.
Secularists worry that if Gul is elected president, he will help his key ally, Erdogan, boost the role of religion in all spheres of life.
To make progress in Turkey, they should emulate the much brighter model of Tunisia,where Islamists and secularists have been able to forge a liberal constitution together.
Secularists have clashed with Erodgan and his party over an alleged"Islamist" agenda, while the military has urged a tough line on Kurdish issues.
In Turkey, meanwhile, Obama's words were welcomed both by political Islamists and secularists-- the two main camps in a fractious debate over the country's direction.
Nevertheless, the secularists in particular have been adamant about membership because they felt that joining the union would guarantee the secular nature of Turkish society.
The long-awaited reform of Turkey's constitution-- which has lingered since the military coup of 1980-- has become a flash point for the ongoing battle between the ruling party and secularists.
But more than six years after the party came to power, secularists suspect it of seeking to promote the role of Islam in the country, including the Muslim version of creationism.
