Secularism (from the Greek saecularis) is rooted in medieval Europe when merchants, princes & regents sought to eliminate the Church's influence in order to reassert control over populations, markets and to enlarge their power. Instead of God, it insists on loyalty to the state. https://twitter.com/Haman_Ten/status/1306908346004525056

Secularization theory was imposed on Muslim-majority territories through violent colonialism, utilizing the act of occupation as a logical justification to insert a mode of governance based on Europhile stereotypes involving white supremacy and 'neutral' governance.

In reality, no country is 'secular'. European laws, politics, capital are deeply rooted in religious and tribal conventions. Occupiers find potency in promoting it through cultural power because compradors don't solve problems, they co-sign the mythology of their former rulers.

Lebanon's sectarian power distribution, pillarisation, confessional voting system, elite control of power centers, Europhile urbanized cores and peripheral Muslim slums are the product of a European occupation motivated by secularization theory.

In effect, the 'secular Shia' is no different from the Algerian Harki or the Cuban Gusano. Constantly repackaging and regurgitating Imperialism in new cultural and discursive modes due to a lack of problem-solving skills, economic affiliations and ideological subservience.

Latin, not Greek.