It was completely abandoned in Turkey as part of the country's latter-day secularisation.

BBC: The many faces of Sharia

There has been considerable comment about the secularisation of the millennium.

BBC: An eye on simplicity

The latest debate on faith in Britain was ignited after Conservative co-chairwoman Baroness Warsi warned that the nation was under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation".

BBC: UK

Secularisation and the passage of time have changed that.

ECONOMIST: How widespread is anti-Catholicism in Britain?

Catholics of all stripes lament this creeping secularisation, but it is beginning to dawn on them that the intolerance and bigotry of Mr Switon and Radio Maryja will cost them even more souls.

ECONOMIST: Poland

Sometimes this reflects secularisation.

ECONOMIST: Islam in Britain and South Asia