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Subject: Re: Muslim Personal Law " shariat "
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 18:23:04 EST
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Timeout. Definition time:

sec.u.lar, adj.,
  1. Of or pertaining to the temporal rather than the spiritual
  2. Not specifically pertaining to religion or a religious body
  3. Pertaining to or advocating secularism
  4. Not living in a monastery or religious community. Said of the Clergy.
  5. Occurring or observed once in an age or century
  6. Lasting from century to century

sec.u.lar.ism, n., The view that consideration of the present
  well-being of mankind should predominate over religious considerations
  in civil affairs or public education.

	            (American Heritage Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin, 1981)

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