Aleem Maqbool, a BBC correspondent in Pakistan, reported on Twitter that he had asked the Taliban militants to clarify their position on killing women, given that they had previously described it as haram, or sinful, for Muslims.
In owning a tavern, Mr. Feldman said, Sol followed "a well-trod path" because Jews, barred from many occupations in Eastern Europe, were allowed to undertake work that might be seen as sinful for Christians.
And on Thursday, the mayor had again lashed out at the firefighters, calling union officials "sinful" for questioning the city's motives in making the staffing reductions at ground zero.
At the very least, that would complicate the security planning of state visits by President Obama to Muslim countries, because the very act of protecting him would be sinful for Islamic security guards.
"Under the new supreme court ruling, would a pastor who believes it is inherently sinful for a same-sex couple to marry be obliged to perform such an act?" Eidsmoe hummed and hawed and presented slippery slopes for the future.
During a four-day hearing at the court of appeal in Belfast earlier this year, lawyers for the McArthur family said they challenged the finding because in their eyes it would have been sinful for them to complete the order.
