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“Secularism is a first step towards challenging these various forms of discrimination and is therefore a major part of demanding democracy.”
For decades, the Assads have tried projecting an image of themselves as “secular” bulwarks against religious extremism. All the while, they’ve been shoring up the powers of loyalist religious institutions and stoking sectarian divisions as a tool for control, argues Joseph Daher.