Sentence examples for common religion from inspiring English sources

In AD 1000 Iceland adopted Christianity as a common religion.

It is diverse – Islam is the fifth-most common religion practiced and 4,400 people were born in Afghanistan.

Its warm and inventive people speak a common language (Arabic) and most profess a common religion (Islam).

The internet is hyper-personalised and made up of countless interlocking communities: people bound by common religion, geography, political affiliation, parental status or favourite member of One Direction.

Despite their diverse ancestries, the Malays of Sarawak and those of Peninsular Malaysia share many cultural characteristics, cultivated largely through the practice of a common religion.

The kings, nobles and most of the people of predominantly Christian lands believed they were bound together by their common religion.

These included common religions like Christianity and Islam along with rarer religions such as Zahv, the belief system of the Akha people in south-east Asia.

Even when coexisting within the same state, some groups may have similar languages and common religions but remain distinctive from each other because of separate past associations.

"But there are many people of faith, and we return to our basic understanding that Islam is one of the world's common religions and that the people living next door did not bomb the World Trade Center".

When asked about religion, more than half (55 %) identified with religions other than Christianity or Islam, the two most common religions in Malawi.

Though the proportions varied between refugee and Cameroonian host population, the majority of both belonged to the same four ethnic tribes and shared common religions (Table  3).