| The Shias to whom the Masjid belonged would have happily given up their claim to the Masjid but our secularists would have none of that. |
| And it is no longer the province of secularists and the left, but is increasingly fanned by religionists and the right. |
| Surely, in an ideal world, all the religious would be secularists and all the atheists would be tolerant of the religious? |
| Most secularists and humanists believe strongly in freedom of religion and belief as long as religion remains a private matter. |
| There is distrust between Shi'a and Sunni, between secularists, conservatives and Islamists, and between tribes and clans. |
| I believe all secularists, all progressives and socialists should fight these attacks. |
