Sentence examples for refused to swear from inspiring English sources

Unruly and independent, Zarqawi refused to swear fidelity to bin Laden, and established his own camp in western Afghanistan, populated mainly by Jordanians, Syrians, and Palestinians.

Along with the other members of Sinn Féin, she refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the king and, thus, did not take her seat.

The militants realised that they could not kill the preacher and 33 others who refused to swear allegiance: they had a large following.

And when he was called up for jury service he refused to swear on the Bible and chose to swear on a biography of Liszt instead".

Mr. Bennett, left, was Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's choice for deputy agriculture minister, but Mr. Mugabe has refused to swear him in.

He appeared before a local judge and made complaint, but the judge refused to swear out a warrant for the arrest of the men who had beaten him.

Many non-jurors refuse to swear any oath because the Bible said not to (James 5 12).

In August, Islamic State fighters killed a popular ultraconservative imam, Khalid bin Rajab Ferjani, for refusing to swear allegiance.

Other clergy agree: almost a third of priests interviewed in a recent poll said they would refuse to swear allegiance to Prince Charles if he became king.

Miss Jayalalitha could then be made chief minister, providing she were elected to an assembly seat within six months although it is possible that Tamil Nadu's governor might refuse to swear her into the job.

Whereas Mr Sharif and Ms Bhutto packed the supreme court with their supporters, General Musharraf sacked half its judges for refusing to swear allegiance to him.Pakistan is too big, too fractious and too complicated to be ruled so overwhelmingly by one man.