Sentence examples for widening religious from inspiring English sources

In a development typical of Malaysia's widening religious and racial divide, the only non-Muslim on the three-judge bench dissented from the judgment.Article 11 has been in the country's constitution since independence from Britain 50 years ago.

While recognizing, at least in hindsight, the value of widening religious freedom, these Americans see another story in which the nation has also been steadily cutting itself off from its own religious roots, a development posing a threat to the religious vitality of individuals, faith communities and ultimately the whole culture.

Sebastien blamed the widening religious conflict on the emergence of the Seleka, and the manipulations of civil society by politicians.

After his reinstatement, he organized a press conference to express the hope that Mr. Gorbachev would widen religious freedoms.

(Just look at Harmonia Rosales's 2017 reimagining of Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam," depicting both God and the first man as Black women, for proof that daring to widen religious imagery can cause serious uproar).

Turkey is preparing for a general election on June 12, and though little suspense surrounds the outcome, the campaign reflects just how radically this society has transformed itself in the past decade by widening individual, religious and ethnic rights under Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

The main fear is that the Islamist al-Shabaab militants could gradually widen the religious divisions within this east African country that was once seen as an anchor of stability and progress in a turbulent region, with the ultimate aim of imitating the success of the Boko Haram militia, which has taken over swaths of territory in Nigeria and imposed sharia law.

Such businesses need talented people and the widening ethnic and religious gap is encouraging a brain drain, says Azmi Sharom, a law lecturer at the University of Malaya.Although a national discussion is plainly needed on how to renew Malaysia's social contract and stop its races growing further apart, Mr Badawi has so far tried to close down this debate.

Under a president who now actively courts theocratic leaders and seeks to widen racial and religious division, the United States is being seriously tested.

The spread of Shariah has widened Nigeria's religious and political divisions, and it has caused thousands of deaths in clashes in the last year.

In many, including resource-rich ones like Nigeria, religious cleavages are widening.