Sentence examples for as a sect of from inspiring English sources

The 'Ndrangheta has come a long way since it was denounced as a "sect of wrongdoers" way back in 1888.

In 1969, Aluk To Dolo ("the way of ancestors") was legalized as a sect of Agama Hindu Dharma, the official name of Hinduism in Indonesia.

While the religion was initially seen as a sect of Islam, most religious specialists now see it as an independent religion, with its religious background in Shi'a Islam being seen as analogous to the Jewish context in which Christianity was established.

The reason seems to be the view among evangelicals that the substantive theological beliefs of Mormons are so radically different from their own as to constitute not a sect of Christianity but a Christian heresy, which would be worse than a different monotheistic faith like Judaism or Islam.

In the 13th century Gorakhnath (also known as Gorakshanatha), who became leader of a sect of Shaivite ascetics known as Nathas ("Lords") from the title of their chief teachers, introduced new ideas and practices to Shaivism.

But today, as a visible sect of Republicans embraces de-incarceration strategies, there is an emerging split in the GOP on the issue of prison reform.

In addition, the Bektashis in Turkey protected dissident Muslims, and were described by Baba Rexheb as a "liberal sect of Islam" within the Shiite tradition.

Could it have something to do with the fact that, outside of the high-level demagogues, the bread and butter of the religious right is often referred to as a medieval sect of antidoctor serpent handlers, speaking in tongues behind the closed walls of their megachurches?

He describes Brod's school of interpretation of Kafka as a "sect" into which only true believers were permitted.

For all Lyons's wonder and admiration, the falasifa were always out of the mainstream of Muslim thought; they are best understood as a sort of sect, like the Shia, and were just as vulnerable to charges of heresy.

In recent times art historians have tried to re-brand Pattern and Decoration as a sub-sect of feminist dissent.