Sentence examples for religious dictates from inspiring English sources

"By inserting it into the constitution you are forming law based on religious dictates," Ms Arat says.

Other factors have had an impact on Russian dress habits, including a rebellion against religious dictates that women must be covered, Mr. Vassiliev said.

That doesn't change the fact that tension exists between religious dictates and personal desires, and that increasingly, people follow their own desires and reject religion's decrees.

Why are they forgotten?" Equally, though, the Taliban war on education has strengthened the resolve of Pakistani leaders who see no choice but to stand up against the militants' cultural and religious dictates.

American expatriates see them as a means of maintaining their own cultural preferences, for free mixing of the sexes and the availability of alcohol and uncensored movies, within the strict Wahhabi religious dictates of Saudi society.

But there is no simple way to distinguish between the religious "dictates" that might make voters nervous and the religious "values" that politicians — particularly Christian politicians — so frequently pledge to uphold.

As FGM is frequently linked to religious dictate, there should be an emphasis on the role played by religious leaders in fighting this phenomenon.

Such findings might suggest that education alone is not sufficient to lead to the abandonment of FGM and might signal the superiority of traditions, cultural inherits and religious dictate over education in the Kurdish society.

Saudi Arabian law does not forbid women from driving, but a religious fatwa dictates that Saudi women must be driven by male drivers or male family members.

His post illustrates the extent to which China's religious crackdown dictates the rhythm of Uyghur economic and social life.

Along with his six sons he is positioned, as religious tradition dictated, at Christ's right hand.