All this is plainly bad news for egypt 's secularists .

所有这些情况对埃及世俗主义者来说显然是一个坏消息。

And inevitably the partnership between secularists and muslims faces hard moments .

不可避免地，世俗主义者与穆斯林的合作注定面临挑战。

Secularists defend the measure as necessary to stop the spread of radical islam .

世俗主义者支持这种做法，认为它能够阻止激进的伊斯兰教的传播。

But as to what happens beyond that core , secularists should be more relaxed .

但是如果超出了这个核心领域，世俗主义者们应该放松神经。

For turkey 's hard-line secularists it spelled a humiliating end to ataturk 's republic .

对于土耳其的强硬世俗派来说，这是阿塔图克共和国的屈辱终结。