Sentence examples for sects as from inspiring English sources

The capital is shared by the sects, as are surrounding areas.

The law also provides for sects, as well as individual members, to be punished for fraud, illegal practice of medicine, wrongful advertising or sexual abuse.

She recounts the history of Wahhabism, with its repeated destruction of the mosques, monuments and lives of other Sunni sects, as well as its war on Shiites.

Pennsylvania was a haven for persecuted Protestant sects as well as for a small population of Jews, indeed even Catholics.

This is as true among breakaway American Mormon sects as it is in non-Western societies.

Hundreds of religious schools sprang up teaching Salafism, the puritanical sect that denounces all other sects as heresy.

The council lacks significant support from Mr. Assad's minority Alawite sect, as well as other minorities, tribal elders, religious figures and business groups.

It houses the mausoleum of Qamar al-Dīn Shah, patron saint of the Kamkhani sect, as well as a 10th-century Jain temple.

"They think all Alawites are rich, because we are the same sect as Bashar al-Assad.

State media describe the sect as aggressive in its efforts at conversion.

But they missed the rise of the Falun Gong sect as a nationwide anti-government force.