The late historian and critic Tony Judt once described Europe before the First World War as "an intricate, interwoven tapestry of overlapping languages, religions, communities and nations".
"The continent of Europe was once an intricate, interwoven tapestry of overlapping languages, religions, communities, and nations," as Judt puts it.
By standing against any overlapping of religion and politics, they have put forward a vision of democratization that is incoherent and disconnected from Islamic memories and traditions.
This can be done only if we have an imperfect overlap between religions and countries of origin, i.e. when there are different religious creeds within a country.
Religions, with their mostly overlapping sets of shared beliefs, seem to reflect human culture as much as divine revelation.
This warrior culture overlapped already with religion.
Overlapping themes -- water, entertainment, the Roman house, religions -- illuminate different aspects of Antioch's civic character.
Estimates have varied so widely because identity, language and religion are part very distinct, part overlapping with Kurdish, Arab, Turkish, Turkmen, Azeri and other communities.
However, religion and spirituality are two separate constructs, not interchangeable though sometimes overlapping.
