Sentence examples for religious measures from inspiring English sources

It is true that, in deference to his party's grassroots, Mr Erdogan has sometimes touted a few overtly religious measures: the criminalisation of adultery, new privileges for imam hatip clerical-training schools, an Islamist as head of the central bank.

The Almohads assumed the title of caliph, introduced a series of severe religious measures, and sought to strengthen their states through religious unification i.e., by compelling the Jews and Christians to either convert to Islam or emigrate.

There were also reports from residents on Monday in the north that Islamists, who are said to be aiding the rebels, had begun trying to impose harsh new religious measures, including the banning of Western-style clothes, music and alcohol, Reuters reported.

We live in religious times, where it seems that many Americans assume "religious times call for religious measures".

Exploratory factor analysis rendered three factors from our religious measure with eigenvalues above 1 that explained over 5% of the variance seen in the data.

But when Saparmurat Niyazov, the late despot of Turkmenistan, ordered young men to shave their goatees, it was not so much an anti-religious measure as a general crackdown on personal freedom of all kinds.

As a result, nine states, including Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Rhode Island and Texas, have enacted so-called religious protection measures.

The reason the various states' "so-called religious protection measures" are so called is that they protect religion.

Other states, such as Arizona, Idaho and Maine, have introduced "religious freedom" measures that would have a similar effect.

These so-called "religious freedom" measures do have a religious intent, they do favor one religious group over another, and they do not primarily serve secular purposes.

Across the country, opposition is mounting to recent "religious freedom" measures that critics worry could lead to discrimination against LGBT individuals.