Secular political movements can weaponize religious claims they do not believe.

Evidence

Thus, as Raz-Krakotzkin (Chapter 2) points out, for Zionism’s founding fathers, God does not exist; yet he promised Palestine to the Jewish people. Therefore, when Israel’s secular ambassador to the UN refers to the Bible as the Jewish people’s “deed to the land” (as described above), he is following a solid secular Zionist tradition that, like a thread, connects the secular founders through the current secular leadership – to all branches of Zionism. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 495

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to reading purpose: whether professed conviction (here, secular founders professing biblical entitlement) diverges from actual belief — mirrors the conviction-vs-bias divergence question. — connects to: Even the most religious Palestinian factions used religion for mobilization, not land claims — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2408; Religious claims serve different functions depending on political position — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 207; It is the secularization of messianism, not messianism itself, that makes it dangerous — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 350 (+9 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Secularism is not a mask for religion. #contradicts (0.90) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 106
• Political crisis can convert a secular minority into a mobilized religious-civilizational bloc #exemplifies (0.78) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 743