sentence2: During the past 50 years or so, women were banned from wearing headscarves, and the secret police used to keep an eye on and investigate those who prayed in mosques. In other words, secularism and religious freedom at that time were only working for the benefit of those who did not want to practice religion, but those who wanted to do so were treated with suspicion.
sentence1: على مدى الخمسين عاماً الماضية، منع النظام النساء من ارتداء الحجاب، واعتاد البوليس السري على مراقبة المصلين في المساجد والتحقيق معهم، بمعنى أن العلمانية والحرية الدينية كانت تخدم من أرادوا الابتعاد عن الدين، وتتعامل مع من أراد الاقتراب في المقابل بشك وريبة.