Whereas previously he was largely indifferent with respect to the way Muslims practiced their faith, now he is extremely observant and always judging various sects and their practices negatively.
Be sure to include different sects and popular religious practices.
Judging from the disagreements in every family, organization and religion -- sects within sects, differences of interpretation and practice -- how can we possibly ascribe unanimity of belief to a fifth of the world's population?
Judging from disagreements in every family, organization and religion--sects within sects, differences of interpretation and practice--how can we ascribe unanimity of belief to the Muslim fifth of the world's population?
Once installed in a country, these sects spread gradually into bordering countries with their principles, beliefs, and practices.
Members of the two sects have co-existed for centuries and share many fundamental beliefs and practices.
In addition to giving important concessions to the ʿulamāʾ, he banned unorthodox practices, persecuted heretical sects, and refused to exempt the Brahmans from the payment of jizyah, or poll tax on non-Muslims, on the ground that this was not provided for in the Sharīʿah.
This demand had been raised and practiced by the medieval sects and led to differentiated polities and congregational orders among the Hussites and the Bohemian Brethren.
Spotty records make it difficult to identify how and why the children died before their burial at the graveyard used by the Followers of Christ, a splinter sect that practices faith healing and believes that death and illness are the will of God.
First, they wanted to assure that everyone, even members of small and possibly unpopular sects, could practice their faith without fearing the kind of persecution that many had experienced in their home countries, where a dominant religion was allied with the state.
