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 people are generally skeptical about claims of other religions, at least when the two denominations conflict in some stated belief.

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 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 ".

Religious beliefs may prevent the individual from seeking help.

In his book ‪ The Varieties of Religious Experience ‬, the psychologist William James defined religion as " the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine ".

Religious beliefs and practices may include the following:

Religious traditions hold that repeated intercourse with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.

It may also be used to reflect the Latin usage for houses of friars, more commonly called a " friary ", or for communities of teaching or nursing Religious Sisters.

" Religious syncretism, however, remained thoroughgoing in Khmer society: the state religion of Shaivism was not necessarily abrogated by Suryavarman's turn to Vishnu, and the temple may well have housed a royal lingam.

* Religious sisters may be styled as Reverend Sister, though this is more common in Italy than in, for example, the United States.

Religious groups that perform Humanitarian service may be registered as charitable organizations, although religious and other organizations may perform Humanitarian service without registration.

Religious narration ( including sermons ) may be pronounced in a variety of settings and at various times.

Religious persecution may be triggered by religious bigotry ( i. e. the denigration of practitioners ' religions other than those of the oppressors ) or by the State when it views a particular religious group as a threat to its interests or security.

Religious persecution may also affect atheists in that they may be denounced as being amoral or be persecuted by the religious on the grounds that they are godless.

Religious rules may prescribe a specific zone, e. g. some Christian traditions hold that Christians must be buried in " consecrated ground ", usually a cemetery ; an earlier practice, burial in or very near the church ( hence the word churchyard ), was generally abandoned with individual exceptions as a high posthumous honour ; also many existing funeral monuments and crypts remain in use.

Religious ceremonies may still be performed at the couple's discretion.

Religious and spiritual teachers, such as gurus, mullahs, rabbis, pastors / youth pastors and lamas, may teach religious texts such as the Quran, Torah or Bible.

Among his other publications may be mentioned Essays, Theological and Literary ( 1871 ; revised 1888 ), and Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers ( 1894 ); and his opinions may be studied compendiously in the selections from his Spectator articles published in 1899 under the title of Aspects of Religious and Scientific Thought.

Religious belief in God, and Christian belief ... may seem strange to common-sense thinking.

Circles may be led by the Chapter Grandmaster, the group's Religious Adviser, or by a committee.

Religious temples may have been used as therapeutic retreats, possibly for the induction of receptive states to facilitate sleep and the interpreting of dreams.

Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.

Kant asks if they ( those living in 1784 ) are living in an “ enlightened age .” The answer is no, but they do live in an “ age of enlightenment .” His point here is that because of the actions of Frederick, there are fewer obstacles to “ universal enlightenment .” Religious leaders may “ freely and publicly submit to the judgment of the world their verdicts and opinions, even if these deviate.

Referring to Crosby's songs, the Dictionary of American Religious Biography indicated: " by modern standards her work may be considered mawkish or too sentimental.