Although most of the members of the community signed a document issued by Hasan Ali Shah summarizing the practices of the Ismailis, a group of dissenting Khojas surprisingly asserted that the community had always been Sunni.

Although the hard-part bearing organisms make up as little as 14 % of the community, these same organisms are found in similar proportions in other Cambrian localities.

Although originally designed to assess sense of community in neighborhoods, the index has been adapted for use in schools, the workplace, and a variety of types of communities.

Although many were initially wary of the concept, it was because people were able to witness the procedure's consistently positive results, within their own community of ordinary citizens, that it became widely utilized and supported.

Although EST had been recommended by other researchers, the controversial nature of EST and other social experiments reduced the morale and social cohesion of the ARC community.

Although it initially received widespread support from the diving community, the FINA requirement that international competitors had to be registered with their National Governing Body was a major factor in the abandonment of this ambition a few years later.

Although the existence of dark matter is generally accepted by the mainstream scientific community, several alternative theories have been proposed to try to explain the anomalies for which dark matter is intended to account.

Although they denied wrongdoing, David Sarnoff and RCA managed to get the FCC to move the FM radio spectrum from 42-50 MHz, to 88-108 MHz, while getting new low-powered community television stations allocated to a new Channel 1 in the 44-50 MHz range.

Although the movements have separate values and goals, people in both the open source community and free software community collaborate when it comes to practical projects.

Although short lived the MLF was representative of London's Ladbroke Grove centered alternative and literary community of the period.

Although reconstruction has proceeded quickly with significant aid from the international community, tourism and agricultural activities remain weak and nearly offset the stimulus from the reconstruction boom.

Although the Holy See, as distinct from the Vatican City State, does not fulfil the long-established criteria in international law of statehood — having a permanent population, a defined territory, a stable government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states — its possession of full legal personality in international law is shown by the fact that it maintains diplomatic relations with 179 states, that it is a member-state in various intergovernmental international organizations, and that it is: " respected by the international community of sovereign States and treated as a subject of international law having the capacity to engage in diplomatic relations and to enter into binding agreements with one, several, or many states under international law that are largely geared to establish and preserving peace in the world.

Although prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education occurred within the family or community, homeschooling in the modern sense is an alternative in developed countries to attending public or private schools.

Although the surface is uneven, the town developed into an agricultural community.

Although the Harmonites did seek work-oriented help from the outside, they were known as a community that supported themselves, kept their ways of living in their community, mainly exported goods, and tried to import as little as possible.

Although his interest soon turned to film, Spacey remained actively involved in the live theater community.

Although his work was the first of its kind, it was unknown to the larger logical community.

Although strongly opposed by both the business community and the Conservative Party when introduced in 1999, the minimum wage introduced in the UK is no longer controversial and the Conservatives reversed their opposition in 2000.

Although religious memes have proliferated in human cultures, the modern scientific community has been relatively resistant to religious belief.

Although his writings on Jewish law and ethics were met with acclaim and gratitude from most Jews even as far off as Spain, Iraq and Yemen, and he rose to be the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his rulings and other writings particularly in Spain.

Although her economy and technology could not have supported it, Nigeria announced to a bewildered international community that she was launching a nuclear program of " unlimited scope " of her own.

Although Ismar Ehrlich was the leader of the local Jewish community, he nevertheless gave his son the Christian name “ Paul ”.

Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nations islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport, and airports have all led to a vast improvement in transportation.

Although the Celina ferry landing no longer exists, Celina still connects the north and south by highway.

Although the railway through Frombork closed in 2006, the port has seasonal ferry connections with Elbląg, Krynica Morska and Kaliningrad.

Although Cook Strait is only 24 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, the ferry journey covers 70 kilometres.

Although the railway to New Holland closed in 1977, passenger and car traffic continued to use the pier until the end of ferry operations.

From the port of Newhaven international ferries run to the French ports of Dieppe ( Transmanche Ferries ); and to Le Havre, ( LD Lines ) Although there are some derelict signs of the one-time train ferry operations, the harbour still sees a great deal of freight and passengers movement, with both the ferries running from this port being under three years old.

Although Beebe continued to use Nonsuch Island as his base of operations throughout the 1930s, with the onset of World War II in 1939 it was announced that the ferry linking Bermuda to New York would soon be making its final run, requiring Beebe and his team to hastily abandon their station there.

Although most ferry service is private, the Staten Island Ferry is operated by the New York City Department of Transportation.

Although Chelsea and Battersea had been linked by ferry since at least 1550, the nearest fixed links between the two were Putney Bridge, upstream and opened in 1729, and Westminster Bridge, downstream, opened in 1746.

Although the town has no ferry services, there are transport links to Hull which runs frequent services to northern Europe.

Although the Port of Launceston is now used very little in comparison to the past and the SeaCat Tasmania ferry no longer docks at George Town, the Tamar still is used for shipping, with light and heavy industries at Georgetown ( including aluminimum smelters ) as well as commercial boat cruises.

Although some companies offered ferry passengers a ride to Rosebud after they disembarked at Dromana, the bulk of the tourism trade went to Dromana and nearby Arthurs Seat, while Dromana remained the transportation hub for goods brought by road and sea.

Although the position, commanding a key ferry crossing point of the Hudson, was abandoned three days after its capture, British commanders later in the year concluded that it was defensibly untenable and evacuated it permanently.

Although the bridge itself was built with PFI, the approach roads were the responsibility of the Scottish Office, which paid £ 15 million for the roads and associated improvements, and to cover the costs associated with decommissioning the ferry.

Although the federal government owns the ferry terminals and vessels, the operation of this inter-provincial ferry service is one of the few in Canada which is unsubsidized.

Although the A. D. 900 – 930 earthquake was over a thousand years ago, local native legends have preserved an association of a powerful supernatural spirit – a ' yahos, noted for shaking, rushes of water, and landsliding – with five locales along the trace of the Seattle Fault, including a " spirit boulder " near the Fauntleroy ferry dock in West Seattle.

Although Wong Shek and Hoi Ha Wan are geographically in the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula, they are under the administration of Tai Po District, due to their reliance on ferry transport from Tai Po for access before the construction of roads.

Although journeys are now made by ferry, small sail ships and steamers were previously used, and the crossing could be hazardous.

Although their small arms fire did little damage to the armoured ship, the Métis were able to lower Batoche's ferry cable into which the Northcote steamed unsuspectingly.

Although plans were put in action to start a steamer ferry service from Kirk Ronan to Dublin, nothing much came of it.

Although the ferry lift may be installed on some buses, the Kneel Down facility is more common on public transport buses.

Although a ferry had almost certainly existed at the site of the present-day bridge since Norman times, the earliest known crossing of the river at Richmond dates from 1439.

Although Wright wasn't involved in the construction of this bridge, he did have a role in petitioning for the replacement of the ferry service at this location by a bridge.