obscurantism

So that the man who should, for instance, go openly and knowingly in opposition to all that list would to your thinking, and indeed mine, too, of course, be an obscurantist or an absolute madman: would not he?

Macron paid tribute to the memory of Caid Essebsi and said "'France lost a friend and the Tunisian republic a brave leader who led his country at a critical stage of its history and faced up to obscurantists to build the future, democracy

THAT extremism is an existential crisis for Pakistan has been all too clear these past few days as has been the fact that the blowback of years of using and pandering to the obscurantists' vision of our faith is upon us.

While all the others were afraid, while the obscurantists said he must not do it, President Essebsi did it and we have to support him in this fight.

Instead of finding a realistic answer to this question, going hunting for obscurantists or fundamentalists is like throwing punches at an invisible rival in the dark.

In her moving new book Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records (Scribners), author Amanda Petrusich dives deep into the world of the insular obscurantists who adore the country blues and other misty musical stylings recorded on 78s in the 1920s and '30s.

"The leaders and people of Syria are respectful and full of gratitude for Russia's stance," said Muallem, adding that Moscow "is supporting Syria in the face of a world war launched by obscurantists and terrorists".

During a ceremony to honor late Sheikh Rashid al-Hajjar at Mohmammad al-Amin Mosque in Downtown Beirut, Qabbani said: "Those who are labeling Islam and Muslims as obscurantists actually represent the darkness itself in our world and in our Arab and Islamic countries."

The Tories have always been obscurantists and anti-education and under the stress of economic pressure have shown their true colours.