* January 28: Followers of the Shia cult Soldiers of Heaven initiate the Battle of Najaf ( 2007 ), which left nearly 300 dead.

Ansar al-Sunnah or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah or Group of the Followers of Sunnah ( faith ) (), ( formerly Jaish Ansar al-Sunna, or " Army of the Followers of the Sunna ") is one of the many insurgent groups that is battling the forces of the Shia led Nouri Maliki government.

Followers of Islam, or Muslims, have the freedom of choice to be vegetarian for medical reasons or if they do not personally like the taste of meat.

Followers of Islam accounted for 30. 5 per cent of residents or 6, 596 persons — the census did not differentiate between Sunni and Shi ' a.

Followers of Islam ( Muslims ) believe that Islam, in its current form, was established by God, through the prophet Muhammed, who lived in the 6th and 7th centuries C. E.

Followers of the traditional macrobiotic approach believe that food and food quality powerfully affect health, well-being, and happiness, and that a traditional locally based macrobiotic diet has more beneficial effects than others.

Followers of the Advaita Vedanta school believe they will spend eternity absorbed in the perfect peace and happiness of the realization that all existence is One Brahman of which the soul is part.

Followers of the Bahá ' í Faith believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the Maitreya and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the Báb in 1844 and then by Bahá ' u ' lláh.

Followers of Jainism believe that everything from animals to inanimate objects have life in different degree and they go to great lengths to minimise any harm to it.

Followers of Tenrikyo believe that God, known by several names including Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, expressed divine will through Nakayama's role as the Shrine of God, and to a lesser extent the roles of the Honseki Izo Iburi and other leaders.

Followers of Shaivam, called " Shaivas ," and also " Saivas " or " Shaivites ," believe that Shiva is All and in all, the creator, preserver, destroyer, revealer and concealer of all that is.

Followers believe that the future Buddha will return to Earth if they maintain their moral practices ( following the Dhamma and precepts ), and they practice vegetarianism, hold Saturday services and construct distinct pagodas.

Followers believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, with a particular focus on training and discipleship, along with an emphasis on building relationships in the church.

Followers believe that the Karmapa's appearance as the first historical consciously reincarnate teacher was predicted by the Buddha in the Samadhiraja Sutra ( lit: Discourse on the Kings of Meditative Concentration ).

Followers of the religion believe in the Christian God and recognize Jesus Christ as the savior of their salvation while simultaneously making appeasements to ancient Palauan goddesses.

Followers believe they will gain rebirth in the Pure Land by chanting Amitabha ’ s name.

Followers of Lukumí believe that Orishas are responsible for control of all natural and life-related forces, however the most-frequently stated primary purpose of the batá is simply for glorification of the deified Changó, also known as " The Great Spirit " or less ceremoniously as thunder and lightning.

Followers believe that God, being omnipresent in the past, present, and future, knows what choice a person will make before the person is presented the choices.

Followers of The Message believe in water baptism according to Acts 2: 38.

Followers believe this recitation benefits not just the speaker, but the entire world as well.

Followers of Chaitanya School of Vaishnavism, believe Chaitanya to be the manifestation of Krishna.

Followers of BAPS believe Pramukh Swami Maharaj to be a manifestation of ‘’ Akshar ‘’, the form of the eternal abode of God.

Followers believe that by associating with Pramukh Swami Maharaj, they may rid themselves of their vices, baser instincts, and worldly attachments.

Followers of Subh-i-Azal, Bahá ' u ' lláh's half-brother who tried to poison him, engaged in active opposition to Bahá ' ís, and Shoghi Effendi did inform Bahá ' ís that they should avoid contact with his descendants, writing that " No intelligent and loyal Baha ' i would associate with a descendant of Azal, if he traced the slightest breath of criticism of our Faith, in any aspect, from that person.

Followers of Poussin, called " poussinistes ", argued that line ( disegno ) should dominate art, because of its appeal to the intellect, while followers of Rubens, called " rubenistes ", argued that color ( colore ) should dominate art, because of its appeal to emotion.

In A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good ( 2011 ) Volf summed up his reflections over the years on how Christians should interact with the surrounding culture broadly conceived.

Followers of Wahhabism disapprove of the misbaha, arguing that Muhammad only used the fingers of his right hand and this is how all Muslims should pray.

Followers of the purported psychic Edgar Cayce take his prediction that evidence of Atlantis would be found in 1968 as referring to the discovery of the Bimini Road.

Hezbollah has a military branch known as Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (" The Islamic Resistance ") and is the possible sponsor of a number of lesser-known militant groups, some of which may be little more than fronts for Hezbollah itself, including the Organization of the Oppressed, the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Organization of Right Against Wrong, and Followers of the Prophet Muhammad.

* In the game Age of Empires Online, an army of computer-controlled opponents, who call themselves the Followers of Autolycus, must be defeated during several quests.

Followers of the seemingly random clips seek connections and meaningfulness in them but are revealed to be victims of apophenia as the clips are just edited surveillance camera footage.

Followers of Salafiyyah consider it wrong to be called " Wahhabis " as the 17th Name of God is al-Wahhab (" the Bestower ") and to be called a " Wahhabi " denotes the following of a person other than what in actuality is the believed following of the Qur ' an and Sunnah.

* Followers of Taguchi argue that the designs offer rapid results and that interactions can be eliminated by proper choice of quality characteristics.

Followers of the Baha ' i faith are scattered throughout small communities in Iran, although there seems to be a large population of people who follow the Baha ' i faith in Tehran.

Followers of a contemporary Islamic movement -- Salafism, the adherents of which claim to adhere to the path of the ' as-Salaf aṣ-Ṣāliḥ ' ( righteous predecessors ) consider the payment of Khums to be an innovation — a bid ' ah.

Followers of Sebastiao Mota de Melo believed marijuana to be a healing plant teacher, and referred to it as Santa Maria, using it in ceremony to help their mediumship ( embodying of spirits for the purpose of healing ), though in recent years the use of cannabis in church ceremonies has been prohibited.

Followers of the second rationale would find the concurring opinion offering the narrowest analysis to be the holding.

Followers of Camping claimed that around 200 million people ( approximately 2. 8 % of the world's 2011 population ) would be raptured.

* 1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate ( wife of Roman Polanski ), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.

* The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers by TJ Clark ( 1985 ), ISBN 0-500-28179-3 ( 2000 paperback edition )

Followers of Hutton were known as Plutonists because they believed that some rocks were formed by vulcanism, which is the deposition of lava from volcanoes, as opposed to the Neptunists, led by Abraham Werner, who believed that all rocks had settled out of a large ocean whose level gradually dropped over time.

The Sacred Followers, an Oklahoma religious group, attempted to sacrifice a virgin to ward off the impending disaster, but were stopped by the police.

* In the 2010 Game Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, a group described by Niccolo Machiavelli as a band of false pagans are the Followers of Romulus or Secta Luporium ( Sect of wolves ).

On this occasion, Muhammad gathered his nearly 1, 400 Followers and called them to pledge to fight until death and avenge the rumoured death of Uthman, which they did by placing a hand on top of Muhammad's.

* The Harmonious Circle: The Lives and Work of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, and Their Followers by James Webb, 1980, Putnam Publishing.

* The Letters of Pelagius and his Followers ; edited and translated by Brinley Roderick Rees.

After he returned, he joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore as part of the " Mattitude Followers " faction ( as Moore's supposed apprentice, Crash was also referred to by Hardy as a " Moore-on.

Soon after Flight 00901 crashed, an organization using the name, or " Followers of God ", issued a statement expressing support for the bombing, and claiming that the attack was a suicide operation by a person with an Arab name.

Followers of Kopris listed places of articulation for the consonants, with the caveat that this was not a distinction made by Barbeau.

In the comic, the Shogun Warriors were created by a mysterious group called the Followers of the Light.

Montanari and Rossetti: A Polemic Between Followers of Galileo by Susana Gomez Lopez, Florence, Leo S. Olschki, 1997.

Followers of the Ambazonia pressure group led by Fon Gorji-Dinka assert that this decision was published in a Cameroon newspaper ," Le Messager ": Vol.

Followers wishing to stay in the ashrams established by Rawat were required to fill out detailed applications that focused on their trust funds, insurance policies, and other assets.

Followers of the Christian faith comprise around 250, 000 Armenians, around 32, 000 Assyrians, and a small number of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant Iranians that have been converted by missionaries in earlier centuries.

Followers of Sephardi Judaism do not recite this prayer ; instead they recite Ahavat Olam, which is recited by Ashkenazim during Maariv.

Ultimately, she pieces together the facts: she grew up in foster homes all over LA because her parents and little sister, Jamie, were killed by Followers when she was a child.