Sentence examples for among clerics from inspiring English sources
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Among its other functions, the Sunni Endowment is charged with oversight of Sunni Arab mosques and holy sites throughout Iraq, giving it wide influence among clerics.
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The practice was unknown among clerics until two years ago, when one monk burnt himself to death in Sichuan province's Aba county, the predominantly Tibetan area in which most of the deaths have taken place.
These are among the figures Safavid 'externalism' had tried to break from, and they remained out of favour among clerics in the twentieth century to the extent that Khomeini as a young man rising through the religious ranks was discrete over his interest.
"We see it even among clerics at the highest order".
The president's folksy and superstitious brand of ostentatious piety and his favouritism to men of military rather than clerical backgrounds raise hackles among senior clerics".Basically, his rivals fear Ahmadinejad is discrediting the conservatives," says a senior economic consultant in Tehran.
The competition among politicized clerics has inevitably produced a power struggle between insiders and outsiders.
Ayatollah Ahmed Jannati, the council's chairman, is one of Ayatollah Khamenei's few staunch allies among powerful clerics.
He enjoys support among traditional clerics who have not sided with the opposition leaders.
The accusation escalated a simmering conflict between Mr. Ahmadinejad and opponents among influential clerics, parliamentarians and commanders.
