Their religious teachers, as well as others in the east, ( most notably, al-Ghazali in Persia and al-Tartushi in Egypt, who was himself an Iberian by birth, from Tortosa ), detested taifa rulers for their religious indifference.

Their domain in the religious sphere had been greatly diminished.

Their religious practices were efforts to sustain and placate these phenomena and turn them to human advantage.

Their shared religious work was at the heart of their life together, and they later collaborated on a great deal of the administration the Society required.

Their policy was sometimes summed up as Divide and Rule, taking advantage of the enmity festering between various princely states and social and religious groups.

Their religious practices are those of Judaism, but they regard only the written Torah as authoritative scripture ( with a special regard also for the Samaritan Book of Joshua ).

" Their basic religious practices are enumerated in the Five Pillars of Islam, which, in addition to Shahadah, consist of daily prayers ( salat ), fasting during Ramadan ( sawm ), almsgiving ( zakat ), and the pilgrimage to Mecca ( hajj ) at least once in a lifetime.

Their rulers have limited authority to change laws, since they are based on sharia as it is interpreted by their religious scholars.

Their members are usually required to follow and believe in the particular religious tradition that established the utopia.

Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist English Dissenters who had fled the volatile political environment in the East Midlands of England for the relative calm and tolerance of 16th – 17th century Holland in the Netherlands.

Their religious fervor died down over the winter, but when they heard of Ann Lee's preaching in May 1780, many of those New Lights traveled to Niskayuna, some forty miles away, to meet her.

Their opinions might be found valuable to their congregetion because of their knowledge on religious matters, but an imam's view of a religious matter is in no sense binding, infallible or absolute like the Catholic Church.

Their geographic and social isolation from the rest of the Jewish community over the course of many centuries allowed them to develop a liturgy and set of practices that are significantly distinct from those of other Oriental Jewish groups ; they themselves comprise three distinctly different groups, though the distinction is one of religious law and liturgy rather than of ethnicity.

Their rhythmic, raucous chants and dances, accompanied by the tympanon ( a wide, handheld drum ) and the clashing of bronze shields and cymbals, provoked a state of religious ecstasy.

Their number increased further in the upheavals brought by the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic invasions of other Catholic countries, depriving thousands of religious of the income that their communities held because of inheritances and forcing them to find a new way of living the religious life.

This law, titled De sanctimonialibus vel viduis et de successionibus earum (" Holy Maidens, Widows, and Their Succession "), imposed a minimum age to take vows of 40 years, considering that at this age the sexual drives of the initiated would be dormant ; the law also granted to women who had been forced to take religious vows, and were subsequently disinherited, the same rights on the legacy of parents as their brothers and sisters.

Their appearance indicate the Greek desire for health which was connected with the Greek cult of the body that was essentially a religious activity.

Their ritual obligations and religious integrity were central to the well being of the Roman state and all its citizens.

Their large earthworks, built for political and religious rituals and expressing their cosmology, still stand throughout the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, as well as their tributaries in the Southeast.

Their proposed solution was to create a religious community that would more closely adhere to Biblical commandments, along with a school for training Christian missionaries who would eventually spread throughout the American frontier.

Their central location in settlements and the work that evidently went into constructing them is indicative of their importance to the community, which gives credence to a religious or ceremonial function.

Their traditional craft is but one of several still practiced in the region, including tin smithing, wood carving, and making religious paintings.

Their beliefs and behavior are difficult to decipher from physical materials, and their languages remain unknown as they had no known writing system.

Their beliefs and practices were often referred to as Bolshevism.

Their beliefs and practices were held to be incompatible with Judaism and, as such, rejected.

Their teachings are in direct conflict with Calvinistic beliefs regarding sin, predestination, and eternal security.

Their study also analyses beliefs of several Inuit groups, concluding ( among others ) that fear was not diffuse.

Their existence in present-day landscapes is seen by many indigenous peoples as confirmation of their creation beliefs .."

Their lifestyle has changed in recent years, but their traditional customs and beliefs remain very important.

Their religious beliefs include a literal version of Exodus, Chapter 20, verses 4 and 5, which says: ' Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth ; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them.

Their beliefs are closely linked with those of the Romantics.

Their beliefs have far more theological depth than ancient pagans, and they are well aware that icons they worship are only symbols of a deeper level of reality ( though the same can be said of modern day pagans ), ( b ) they do not practice child sacrifice, ( c ) they are of high moral character, and ( d ) they are not anti-Jewish.

Their religious beliefs and social status were mutually reinforcing, as the Priesthood often represented the highest class in Judean society.

tested the following hypothesis: “ If youth culture serves to help adolescents deal with problems of vulnerability and finiteness, then reminders of mortality should lead to increased allegiance to cultural practices and beliefs of the youth .” Their results supported their hypothesis and the results of previous studies, suggesting that youth culture is, in fact, a culture.

Their notable differences from other Christian groups lie in a number of doctrinal beliefs that affect the practice of their gatherings and behaviour.

Their spiritual beliefs were not recorded in detail by missionaries.

Their beliefs and traditions, coupled with modern archaeological research, suggest that they may have occupied and utilised the mountain and its surrounding areas for much of the occupation of the island.

Their beliefs about observing Sabbath extended to campaigns against providing stagecoach service and mail deliveries on Sundays.

Their pacifist beliefs and desire to avoid government interference in their life led to an exodus of the majority of the group from the Russian Empire to Canada at the close of the 19th century.

Their beliefs include affirmation of the Trinity ; that the Bible contains all things necessary to salvation and spiritual life ; that salvation is through Jesus alone ; the possibility of apostasy ; the right of voting and free speech for the laity ; and " the impropriety of political preaching ".

Their Castle stood in the Thuringian Forest on the Border of Hesse and they had embraced Albigensian ( i. e., Cathar ) doctrines, combining Gnostic and Christian beliefs.

Their camouflage is so excellent that they will close approach before taking to flight, a behaviour which has resulted in folk names and beliefs that the birds are short-sighted or blind.

Their Castle stood in the Thuringian Forest on the Border of Hesse and they had embraced Albigense's doctrines, combining pagan superstitions and Christian beliefs.

Their beliefs state that all of the Earth was originally a prison created by ancient alien civilizations to hold the Phoenix, but its presence at the core led to the creation of life on Earth, and the Phoenix's direct influence resulted in all major steps of evolution for man, and specifically, led to the creation of Mutants.

Their non-conformist religious beliefs provided the Gregs with important business contacts as many of the major Manchester Industrialists were Unitarian.

Their world view / religious beliefs are centered around the natural world, and this is pervasive throughout their culture.