To be Western or Westernized, above all, is a mindset which does not coincide with any continent, nor with any specific nation or religion.

是否西方首先是一种心态，而这一心态并不与任何大陆吻合，也并不与任何具体国家或地区吻合。

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Certainly, both French laicité and Turkish secularism (established by modern Turkey’s founder, Kemal Atatürk) began with a similar hostility toward religion.

有一点可以肯定，那就是法国的政教分离和土耳其的世俗主义（由现代土耳其的缔造者阿塔图尔克•凯末尔首先提出）同样都起源于对宗教的类似敌意。

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Nor does religion play a discernible role; while Roman Catholics used to fear independence as being liable to result in Protestant hegemony, today Catholics and Protestants are roughly equal in their support of Scotland’s institutions.

宗教起的作用也并不明显。信仰罗马天主教的人以前担心独立会带来清教徒的霸权，现在，天主教徒和清教徒在支持苏格兰机制上大体上相等。

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For example, India permits all religions to flourish while ensuring that none is privileged by the state.

举例来讲，印度允许所有的宗教自由发展，但确保没有任何宗教被国家赋予优势地位。

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No other country embraces such an extraordinary profusion of ethnic groups, mutually incomprehensible languages, religions, and cultural practices, as well as variations of topography, climate, and levels of economic development.

没有其他任何国家有着像印度这般多样的种族团体、相互之间无法用语言交流、宗教和文化习惯千差万别，地形、气候和经济发展水平也大不相同。

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