Sentence examples for order claimed from inspiring English sources

Each mystic order claimed a chain of spiritual descent (silsilah) from the Prophet Muhammad, established procedures for initiation of members (murid, ikhwan, darwīsh, fakir), and prescribed disciplines.

The order claimed Mr. Afridi donated $22,222 to his cause, the antigovernment militant group Lashkar-i-Islam, and provided medical assistance to its commanders.

On Sunday, someone associated with Press For Truth, a Canadian outfit dedicated to "expos[ing] the elite and their agenda for a New World Order," claimed that the Tsarnaevs' aunt was positive that the naked man was Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

A regional province of the Capuchin religious order that had fought allegations of sexual abuse for decades decided last year to open its files dating to the 19th century to three independent auditors, in what the order claimed to be a first in the long-running Roman Catholic Church abuse scandal in the United States.

In a deeply ironic move for a materialist state that officially believes physical matter is the only reality, the order claimed the right to manage the reincarnations of all lamas in Tibet, who may number around 2,000, including the Dalai Lama, the most eminent one.

Among the concerns, which you can read here, the order claimed that UberCab was marketing itself as a taxi service (by using the term "cab") and did not have the proper permits and licenses to be conducting business in the manner that it was.

In 2013, the Ojora secured a Lagos high court order claiming rights over the land.

Cleveland ordered the queen restored, but Dole defied the order, claiming that Cleveland did not have the authority to interfere.

Other sources disagree on the order, claiming that oil-rich Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are even more prone to corruption than the rest.

The order claims to have more than 1m members, many with deep pockets, in Iran and abroad.

Mohamed's lawyers are challenging the judges' gagging order, claiming that David Miliband, the foreign secretary, changed his evidence.