Clerical influence also turned against him as a result of his radically secular ideas about government.
Turkey, an authentic Muslim country, had embraced secular ideas back in 1924.
It is a secular idea, the product of the last four centuries of Western history.
These can be based in secular or religious ideas.
Daily Times is recognized as a newspaper that advocates liberal and secular ideas.
These trends were largely attributable to the increased European presence in the region and their secular ideas of modernity.
As such, he was the prototype of the autonomous, secular idea that would become current in the West.
In all the above capacities he has significantly contributed to the dissemination of secular ideas and democratic values.
But the demands of theocracy have grown to challenge the secular idea.
This is not to say that Kahn promoted secular ideas at the expense of religious ones.