Sentence examples for which hardline from inspiring English sources

The industry minister, Sikander Bakht, has refused to curb foreign investment of any kind, even in fast-food outlets, which hardline nationalists regard as a threat to Indian culture (McDonald's and other American chains have come in for most criticism).

This is a country in which hardline religious tradition and globally connected modernity seem to clash daily, producing scandals over everything from leggings to actors air-kissing at Cannes.

According to a report by MPs released in March, the so-called Trojan horse scandal, in which hardline Islamists were allegedly plotting to take over some of the city's schools, raised questions over the reliability of Ofsted's judgments.

The comedian was accused of "promoting sex" in Saida and mocking its people, and of being "obsessed with nakedness and undressing", which hardline Islamists don't tend to like much.

Indeed, some people argue sanctions and isolation are actually counterproductive because they create the conditions in which hardline groups, like the Revolutionary Guard, can extend their influence over politics and the economy.

Relations between colony and crown deteriorated when the king then renewed demands for legislative and religious reforms, which hardline magistrates again resisted.

This includes the vast array of rebel forces, the most powerful and organised of which are hardline Islamists no different to Isis.

AHMED KABANY, an engineer, on the upcoming Egyptian election for president, in which a hardline Islamist is facing off against an authoritarian former general.

Extra powers will be given to Ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog, to act against television channels which broadcast hardline views and to the Charity Commission to crack down on groups which propagate extremist ideology.

The greater threat to the survival of Timbuktu is the poor governance that continues to be endemic in Mali, and which made hardline Shari'a governance (as a contrast to institutionalised corruption and neglect) appear attractive to northern Malians in 2012.

Reynolds almost immediately became embroiled in the X case, in which his hardline Catholic attorney general, Harry Whelehan, had stepped in to prevent a 14-year-old girl going to Britain for an abortion.