Sentence examples for of various sects from inspiring English sources

In the coastal towns the population became mainly Sunni Muslim, but in town and country alike there remained considerable numbers of Christians of various sects.

I had the fortune to get to know several Iraqis of various sects, learning about their rich culture and heritage.

The focus of these blog posts is neither the theological doctrines associated with particular faiths nor the liturgical practices characteristic of various sects.

This means setting a strategy for bringing together their peoples, of various sects and confessions, to work together on the basis of reform.

By creating a council of all the major religious leaders and heads of various sects, he sought to give Hinduism a united voice, identity and representation.

And today, as the world's single largest Muslim organization united under one Imam, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community combats sectarian strife by uniting Muslims of various sects under one flag of peace and pluralism.

Except for all the costumes pertaining to various sects of Judaism, it was exactly like any small-town fete.

Syria has embedded the roots of the various sects of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

The Iraqi population itself may now be galvanized by the latest protest movement to start thinking about the interests of their state rather than those of the various sects, said Iraqi-American activist Zainab Al-Suwaij.

Buddhism in Japan had become more and more doctrinally confused, and the identity of the various sects was based more on institutional aspects than on doctrinal tenets.

Consider with me greatest Buddhist teachers in all the Buddhist sects, groups, denominations: whether the old school Theravada Buddhists, or the Buddhists of the various Mahayana sects (Zen, Ch'an, Pure Land or whatever), or the practitioners of the various sects within Tibetan Buddhism.