Religious thought among the Japanese people is generally a blend of Shintō and Buddhist beliefs.

Religious beliefs were deeply instilled in the people of the time, which gave much influence to the clergy, and the prosecution of poets who made statements contradictory to religious messages were prevalent, as was the case with Hafiz ( whose house was raided several times, and was forced to burn some of his more liberal poems ) and Ferdowsi ( who was branded a heretic and was not permitted to be buried in the Muslims graveyard ).

" Mark Silka, in " Defining Religious Pluralism in America: A Regional Analysis ", states that Religious pluralism " enables a country made up of people of different faiths to exist without sectarian warfare or the persecution of religious minorities.

Religious writer Kenneth Briggs has written that " Marge is my candidate for sainthood [...] She lives in the real world, she lives with crises, with flawed people.

Religious reasons are a primary factor cited by people for the opposition of cohabitation.

Religious knowledge was secret, and the prevalent religion, called Chinigchinich, placed village chiefs in the position of religious leaders, an arrangement that gave the chiefs broad power over their people.

Religious people in many regions of the United States did not want their children exposed to music with unruly, impassioned vocals, loud guitar riffs and jarring, hypnotic rhythms.

Religious persecution was responsible for bringing the first people of European ancestry to Cass County.

Robin Richardson, an original member of the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, at a 2009 symposium on " Islamophobia and Religious Discrimination ", said that " the disadvantages of the term Islamophobia are significant " on seven different grounds, including that it implies it is merely a " severe mental illness " affecting " only a tiny minority of people "; that use of the term makes those to whom it is applied " defensive and defiant " and absolves the user of " the responsibility of trying to understand them " or trying to change their views ; that it implies that hostility to Muslims is divorced from factors such as skin color, immigrant status, fear of fundamentalism, or political or economic conflicts ; that it conflates prejudice against Muslims in one's own country with dislike of Muslims in countries with which the West is in conflict ; that it fails to distinguish between people who are against all religion from people who dislike Islam specifically ; and that the actual issue being described is hostility to Muslims, " an ethno-religious identity within European countries ", rather than hostility to Islam.

Religious and ethnic persecution of the Serer people dates back to the 11th century when King War Jabi usurped the throne of Tekrur ( part of present-day Senegal ) in 1030, and by 1035, introduced Sharia law and forced his subjects to submit to Islam.

Religious people may hold the view that true religious ecstasy occurs only in their religious context ( e. g. as a gift from the supernatural being whom they follow ) and it cannot be induced by natural means ( human activities ).

Religious groups also draw lines between what they are willing to do or not do to convert people.

According to a spokesperson from China's National Agency for Religious Affairs, as well as Pastor Gao Ying from the China Christian Council, Gong Shengliang has incited followers to beat up people who refused to join his religious group, and has used sulfuric acid to disfigure disobedient followers.

Other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark ; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way ; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women, and various lay people of different ranks and positions.

Religious and secular, Sephardim and Askenazim, right and left, old-timers and new immigrants – we are all one people.

In 1965, The Roman Catholic Church Vatican II Council issued the decree Dignitatis Humanae ( Religious Freedom ) that states that all people must have the right to religious freedom.

Religious tolerance was an important factor in a multiethnic and multi-religious state, as the territories of the Commonwealth were inhabited by many generations of people from different ethnic backgrounds ( Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenian, Germans and Jews ) and of different denominations ( Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish and even Moslem ).

Effi Eitam of the National Religious Party and the National Union, which represent the religious Zionist movement and have previously attempted to advance bills to amend the Law of Return, stated that Israel has become " a haven for people who hate Israel, hate Jews, and exploit the Law of Return to act on this hatred.

Baird launched the Homophobic Hate Crime strategy and a Race and Religious Hate Crime strategy, with Sir Ken Macdonald and in 2008 with the CPS launched the first public policy on cases of crime against older people.

Religious people against the Islamist ideology: they are against the application of the Sharia but at the same time oppose everything opposed to what they call " the main principles of Islam ".

Included are the following: Baptist Student Movement, Canterbury Club ( Episcopal ), Christian Science Organization, Friends' Meeting for Worship, Hillel ( Jewish ), Liberal Religious Fellowship, Lutheran Student Association, Newman Club ( Roman Catholic ), Presbyterian Student Fellowship, United Student Fellowship ( Congregational-Baptist ), and Wesley Fellowship ( Methodist ).

Student religious organizations are co-ordinated under the Religious Activities Committee, a standing committee of the Carleton Student Association.

Religious who derive their own sense of purpose through identification with the religious community rather than the academic community are prone to underestimate both the layman's reservoir of idealism and his need for this identification.

There are an estimated 2, 400 celibate Anglican Religious ( 1080 men and 1320 women ) in the Anglican Communion as a whole, some of whom have adopted the Rule of St. Benedict.

In the Roman Catholic Church according to the norms of the Code of Canon Law 1983 a Benedictine abbey is a " religious institute ", and its professed members are therefore members of the " Consecrated Life ", commonly referred to as " Religious ".

However, for Young Religious Unitarian Universalists ( YRUU ) programming in Canada, the " Central " and " Eastern " regions are combined to form a youth region known as " QuOM " ( Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes ), giving the youth only three regions for their activities.

Spiritual Deists are likely to label themselves “ Spiritual But Not Religious ”.

Religious political parties are not allowed as it would not respect the principle of non-interference of religion in politics and that religion has to remain in the private sphere to respect all beliefs.

Ritual dances are usually called " Religious dances " because of their purpose.

Religious or sectarian attacks in situations where Islamists are active have been particularly serious following 2004.

* 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.

Religious activities in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism are also carried out, a tradition which all of these cultures share.

There are several English spoken Religious meetings in Nijmegen.

Religious Science, Divine Science, and the Unity Church are religious denominations which represent a panentheistic worldview within the Christian New Thought movement.

Among them are Secretum (" My Secret Book "), an intensely personal, guilt-ridden imaginary dialogue with Augustine of Hippo ; De Viris Illustribus (" On Famous Men "), a series of moral biographies ; Rerum Memorandarum Libri, an incomplete treatise on the cardinal virtues ; De Otio Religiosorum (" On Religious Leisure ") and De Vita Solitaria (" On the Solitary Life "), which praise the contemplative life ; De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae (" Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul "), a self-help book which remained popular for hundreds of years ; Itinerarium (" Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land "); a number of invectives against opponents such as doctors, scholastics, and the French ; the Carmen Bucolicum, a collection of 12 pastoral poems ; and the unfinished epic Africa.

Religious beliefs, myths, dogmas and legends are the representations that express the nature of these sacred things, and the virtues and powers which are attributed to them.

One common typology among sociologists, religious groups are classified as ecclesias, denominations, sects, or cults ( now more commonly referred to in scholarship as New Religious Movements ).

Religious congregations are required to register with the government, and individual parishes must have at least 500 members to register.

Unity, Religious Science, Divine Science are denominations within the New Thought movement.

Religious services are usually held on Sundays and most closely resemble the form and format of Protestant worship in the Reformed tradition.

Robinson of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, Crowley adopted this line from François Rabelais, who in 1534 wrote, " DO AS THOU WILT because men that are free, of gentle birth, well bred and at home in civilizor ".

* Religious buildings are dissolved by Henry VIII, including