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Why do [Secularists] Hate us So?

by mariefailinger
Published on February 26, 2010 in Marie Failinger. 2 Comments Tags: , .

Turkey’s newest crisis pitting secularist plotters against the conservative Islamic government is one of the world’s dramatic examples of the distrust between proponents of clear church-state divisions and those who believe that religion and politics may be useful or even necessary companions in creating a just and moral society. One of my fall seminar students suggested that the cycle of military coups in Turkey when army officers decide that religion is damaging the state may simply be Turkey’s distinctive way of navigating church-state issues.

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