Sentence examples for command of the religious from inspiring English sources

The first Ottoman army had been composed entirely of Turkmen nomads, who had remained largely under the command of the religious orders that had converted most of them to Islam.

Muhly's command of the English religious-music tradition informs his non-liturgical compositions, too, if sometimes rather impishly.

Baba Chawish is a Yazidi monk and second-in-command to the religious leader, Baba Sheikh.

He was also given command of the Hisba, a religious police charged with stamping out "evil practices" and encouraging "correct" behaviour.

"The clearest command of the Establishment Clause is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred over another," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote last year, quoting a 1982 opinion.

The election in November will determine whether the religious right will take command of the Ohio Republican Party.

Petitioners allege an attempt to disfavor their religion because of the religious ceremonies it commands, and the Free Exercise Clause is dispositive in our analysis.

Undoubtedly the ideas underlying the other commands came from the religious culture of his day, but they were raised to a significantly higher level because of the holy, righteous character of Yahweh.

Adhering to the commands of their religious leaders in Najaf, they speak of the bombing in Kadhimiya as the latest tragedy in the long tale of suffering that dates to the founding of Shiism in the seventh century.

The island nation of Malta was under the command of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, a religious order that depended on France for much of its wealth and recruits.

Adam One, the protagonist of Atwood's forthcoming novel, "The Year of the Flood," is the leader of the God's Gardeners, a religious group devoted to living under the command of the natural world.