Religious Revival Quotes
This Arab nationalist leader was actually a Christian Orthodox by religion. He also tried to make the Baath party a secular state and he was a strong advocate of free speech and democracy. When the Islamic fundamentalists became important in Mid East Politics, the Baath Iraq Government under Saddam Hussein claimed, with no evidence, that Aflaq converted to Islam on his deathbed, thus making his philosophy more acceptable to the vast majority of Arabs.
Under the American tax codes, religions and other nonprofit organizations have been exempt from paying taxes of all kinds. The “Bible Belt” is a region in the South where there are many churches and a very high percentage of religious people and especially Christian Fundamentalists.