re: #7 Destro

How many Christians have been persecuted in Syria for being Christian? Is alcohol banned there? Do women where bee keeper suits in Syria or be jailed?

What is your definition of secular if that does not qualify?

My definition of secular is the real one: the state of being separate from religion. A system of law based on religious law is not secular.

Is there some reason you think that defining secular as being separate from religion is wrong?