It is essentially secular in the sense that it wishes to group together the Arabs without taking into account the differences between communities.

Dr. Crouch noted that some Baptist universities that severed ties with state conventions in the late 1980's and early 1990's have become essentially secular.

Religious and secular subjects vied in this essentially secular art.

All of these stages are imbued with religious symbolism, adding a Christianizing layer to an essentially secular ceremony.

That restriction typically has not loomed large when public money goes to religious charities providing essentially secular services, like job training, after-school tutoring, child care or food banks.

Eventually domestic pressures will either brig down the regime or lead to a 'Mullah-lite' government which is essentially secular but with an Islamic veneer.

Figurative painting may cover religious scenes, but normally in essentially secular contexts such as the walls of palaces or illuminated books of poetry.

The fundamental political dynamic that any Indonesian leader must work with involves tensions between its essentially secular nationalist wing and its Islamic political interests.

Other dances, choreographed in the 50's, were essentially secular.

These compagnie delle laude were founded by groups of lay persons, primarily members of the merchant guilds, who sought some spiritual ratification of their essentially secular daily activity.