In the modern Western world, where homosexual acts have been legal in almost all countries since at least the 1940s, violence against LGBT people is often qualified as a hate crime, motivated by homophobia, and is often connected with either religious or extremist political ideologies which condemn homosexuality and relate it to being weak, ill, feminine, or morally wrong.

In April 1989, Jeffrey Lundgren, a religious extremist, coerced some in his cult into murdering a family of five and hiding their bodies in a pit dug inside a barn, on Chardon Road ( U. S. 6 ).

Ozeri belonged to the banned extremist Jewish religious and nationalist Kach movement.

He tried to block extremist clerics from gaining dominion over key religious institutions, such as the Council of Senior Ulema, the kingdom ’ s highest religious body, and from rising to high religious positions such as grand mufti, a politically recognized senior expert charged with maintaining the whole system of Islamic law.

Such religious meaning must not be confused with the word ' belligerent ' used to describe extremist religious behaviours found in some who, based on their extreme religious beliefs or ideologies, take up weapons and become involved in warfare, or who commit acts of violence or terrorism in an attempt to advance their extremist religious agendas.

Such extremist groups can be Christian, Muslims, Jewish, or of any other religious affiliation.

Countless Islamic writers, journalists and religious authorities have expressed their disgust at this extremist violence.

The petition urges Italian police to assure the full protection of Saviano from the mafia, while comparing the mob's threats against Saviano to " the tactics used by extremist religious groups ".

After Iran revolution in 1979 the extremist Muslim government endeavored to replace all the national days with religious events such as the birth days and death anniversaries of family members of Prophet Mohammad.

Until 2010 two groupings functioned: the Conservatives ( extremist and ultra-religious right-wing parties ) and the Reformists ( moderate religious right-wing parties ).

The execution of Sulayman ibn ‘ Abd Allah and other religious notables reflects the resentment of these extremist views.

The book recalls his teenage years as a religious extremist and was inspired in part by Ahmad Alnami, one of the 9 / 11 hijackers and a fellow resident of Abha who was vaguely familiar to Thabit.

Correcting a mistake about the exhibition in the Freeman's Journal led to a death threat from a religious extremist, which he did not report to the police.

Bawer argues that Islamists use welfare and religious grants to fund extremist mosques and support imams with a violent past.

This has led to speculation that he was a member of an extremist religious sect fearing that the end of the world was near and that the tunnels were built to provide refuge for himself and his friends.

Nevertheless, for most of the population of heterogeneous advanced societies, though less for the less religious portion, religion does perform certain modal individual and social functions.

He does not do it for any grand, religious purpose, like Paneloux ( Rieux does not believe in God ), or as part of a high-minded moral code, like Tarrou.

The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained-not a male religious-and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.

The act does not concern itself with wives who later change their religious allegiance.

Art clearly does have spiritual goals in many contexts, but what exactly is the difference between religious art and religion per se?

He does not give prominence to political occurrences, as is done in the books of Samuel and Kings, but to religious institutions, such as the details of the temple service.

However, considerable debate exists as to whether Jeremiah was actually a member of the Deuteronomistc school since he does not explicitly mention Deuteronomy or Josiah's religious reform.

Since the movie omits the religious and mythical elements of Dick's original novel ( e. g. empathy boxes and Wilbur Mercer ), it falls more strictly within the cyberpunk genre than the novel does.

because it does not explicitly make use of religious titles for Jesus, such as " Christ " and Domin-(" Lord "), which are used in the BC / AD notation, nor does it give implicit expression to the Christian creed that Jesus was the Christ.

Under this approach, anti-Judaism is not regarded as antisemitism as it only rejects the religious ideas of Judaism and does not involve actual hostility to the Jewish people.

" For many reasons, some historical and some religious, Judaism does not encourage its members to convert others and in fact would require the initiative from the person who would like to convert.

Therefore, just as Christianity does not accept that Mosaic Law has any authority over Christians, Judaism does not accept that the New Testament has any religious authority over Jews.

Estonia does not have a state church ; religious freedom is guaranteed by the constitution.

Jihad does also refer to the legitimate struggle to defend human rights, such as personal and religious freedom as well as the defense of land, property, and families.

" His output does not fit into conventional political classification, including attacks on feminism ( generally the proviso of the right ), George W. Bush ( generally the proviso of the left ), Israel ( though not of Jews in general ), and evolution ( generally the proviso of religious fundamentalists ).

Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life ; Jewish religious tradition does not distinguish clearly between religious, national, racial, or ethnic identities.

Hezbollah regards cultural, political, and religious freedoms in Lebanon as sanctified, although it does not extend these values to groups who have relations with Israel.

" Nowadays, as Hezbollah scholar Magnus Ranstorp reports, Hezbollah does indeed have a formal governing structure, and in keeping with the principle of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists ( velayat-e faqih ), it " concentrate ... all authority and powers " in its religious leaders, whose decisions then " flow from the ulama down the entire community.

Legislation against Sectarian hate in Scotland, which is aimed principally at football matches, does not criminalise jokes about peoples ’ beliefs, nor outlaw “ harsh ” comment about their religious faith.

Many Westerners who first encountered the practice believed it was a sign of worship, but kowtowing does not necessarily have religious overtones in traditional Chinese culture.

However, the decision did not acknowledge the argument that the plant's religious or cultural values prohibited a patent.

Whereas the sociology of religion broadly differs from theology in assuming indifference to the supernatural, theorists tend to acknowledge socio-cultural reification of religious practice.

The fundamental difference between Luther and Melanchthon lies not so much in the latter's ethical conception, as in his humanistic mode of thought which formed the basis of his theology and made him ready not only to acknowledge moral and religious truths outside of Christianity, but also to bring Christian truth into closer contact with them, and thus to mediate between Christian revelation and ancient philosophy.

From a functional point of view, therefore, non-Orthodox rabbis are valid leaders of Jewish religious communities, and it is both fatuous and self-defeating not to acknowledge this openly and draw the necessary consequences -- for example, establishing friendly and harmonious and respectful relationships and working together, all of us, towards those Jewish communal and global goals that we share and that unite us inextricably and indissolubly ....

Freedom of religious belief was allowed " insofar as it does not interfere with the duties of subjects " ( all Japanese were required to acknowledge the Emperor's divinity, and those, such as Christians, who refused to do so out of religious conviction were accused of lèse-majesté ).

This may be the first religious book to acknowledge the existence of life elsewhere in the Universe, based on Jesus ' saying " The houses in the realm of my father are many " ( John, 14, 1-3 ).

Therefore, it is important to acknowledge the differences between Lacandon religious practices prior to increased contact ( 19th century ) and those afterwards.

It was within Weedon's tavern that Thomas Jefferson in January 1777 wrote the Statute of Religious Freedom ; the very first document of its kind to acknowledge government recognition of religious tolerance.

Though the texts acknowledge variability in regional religious and legal practices, their principal concern is to explain dharma.

However, most religious systems acknowledge an afterlife and improving this is seen as an even more basic good.

Whereas the sociology of religion broadly differs from theology in assuming the invalidity of the supernatural, theorists tend to acknowledge socio-cultural reification of religious practise.

In some U. S. jurisdictions legal restrictions exist which require a religious test as a qualification for holding public office, for instance in Texas an official may be " excluded from holding office " if he / she does not " acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.

That this is part of a general secularization of religious sacraments is not discussed, neither do they acknowledge the modern fashion for individuals to design and enact their own nuptials independently from the inflexible liturgy of the established churches.

This ruling was in response to rising public disorder relating to enforcement of religious conformity, and any citizen refusing to acknowledge the call would have been subject to fines and jail sentences.

In having the great conqueror thus acknowledge the essential truth of the Jews ' religious, intellectual, or ethical traditions, the prestige of Alexander was harnessed to the cause of Jewish ethnocentrism.

In keeping with the traditions of religious pluralism and individualism, there is no requirement, doctrinal or otherwise, that congregations or adherents use or acknowledge the flaming chalice as a religious symbol.

I slip under the radar of an awful lot of people because of that title, and it allows me to reach an audience who would most likely never pick up a book about religious based bigotry Up Sides or the cowardice of war the Wall or one that demonizes anti-environmental developers Boy Who Saved Baseball, and so on, if I didn ’ t write under the cover of baseball .” At this point, Ritter began to openly acknowledge and discuss the metaphorical underpinnings of Choosing Up Sides in schools and conferences across the country.

According to Vacca, the incident took place in Turkey during the festival of Gurban Bayrami, the religious Muslim Festival of Sacrifice ( Eid ), which is commemorated annually to acknowledge God ’ s mercy in providing Abraham with a ram as a substitute sacrifice for his son Ismayil.

Section 4 prohibits office holders from the requirements of any religious test, provided they " acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being ".

Despite its support for increased Jewish immigration ( aliyah ) and settlement expansion, Yisrael Beiteinu's platform is based in part on the creation of a Palestinian state adjacent to Israel, and thus has alienated much of the religious right-wing settlement movement which refuses to acknowledge Palestinian claims to any of the ' Land of Israel.

The religious groups involved most often have long-standing principles and family structures that predate any democracies in which they may take part ( although some, such as the Quiverfull movement, openly acknowledge it, and use Psalm 127: 5 in its justification ).

She refused to acknowledge this demand and told them that she would consider it as an act of insult to her religious faith and would rather give away her life to save the green trees.