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The article discusses issues related to the emergence of the process of substituting Islamic references for secular-nationalist ones in Arab countries. Since the Gulf War, a new kind of writing in some Arabic newspapers has appeared, resulting to the exploration of the concept of toleration with reference to the question of whether it contains a usable past that can anchor it in the Arab-Muslim tradition. While the concept of toleration may not have pressing necessity at earlier phases of Arab socio-political development, an increasing number of Arabs are finding it in the current world.