Complex sentence: Thus Secularism in the Middle East is both a word of disbelief and western intervention however the truth is that the acceptance of the enlightened notion of separation of religion and state and the debate over "reason" has been ongoing for centuries.
Split into simpler sentences: Thus Secularism in the Middle East is both a word of disbelief and Western intervention. However the truth is that the acceptance of the enlightened notion of separation of religion and state and the debate over "reason" has been ongoing for centuries.