Most who already embrace Islam are likely to join traditional sects led by Arab and South Asian immigrants.
Officials say they are fighting dangerous and illegal superstitions in this area, where unregistered Christian groups as well as unapproved ancestor worship and traditional sects have flourished.
He has found that a significant portion of privately religious young adults -- almost a third in the case of Protestants -- avoid identifying themselves by their traditional sects.
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Orthodox Jews, the Amish, Mormon fundamentalists, and other traditional religious sects take their cue from Deuteronomy 22 5, which prohibits women from wearing "that which pertaineth to a man".
Hijras (sometimes called eunuchs) are those who are born biologically male and wish to be female, and some undergo castration and join the hijra community, a traditional religious sect.
Mr. Hagel entered the job not beholden to any of the traditional Pentagon tribes, sects or cliques, displaying an affinity for the troops that might be expected from a combat infantryman who earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam.
Speaking at the Parliament Building in Harare, the President said girls should not be seen as ripe for marriage judging by their physical appearance while castigating some members of the Apostolic Sects and traditional leaders who he accused of preying on young and vulnerable girls.
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These missionaries, like their Western counterparts, tend to focus on activities that are evangelical, educational and medical, and their beliefs are far more traditional than those of newer sects like the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, the Korean-rooted movement.
The traditional leader of the Druse sect, Walid Jumblatt, who made a political alliance with the Christians in the October parliamentary elections, also openly called for creating an equal partnership between Syria and Lebanon.
