Taliban men no doubt believe that the subjugation of women is a cultural privilege, as well as a religious duty.

Far from being a religious fanatic, Merah grew up as a petty criminal with no interest in religion.

Her grandfather, a certain Marwan al Safedi, had been a wealthy merchant as well as local religious leader during the first half of the twentieth century.

The ultimate goal seems to be to reshape Turkish society in the movement s own conservative religious image.

Acts of terrorism are not justifiable on any grounds, be they political, philosophical, religious or other.

It should be recalled that these forces were deployed in Côte d'Ivoire at the request of the national authorities and in support of the peace process and not to impose a partisan solution to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.

More significantly, States Parties also undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.

On the other side are the modern minded, those who hated the old oppression by corrupt dictators and despise the new oppression by religious fanatics.

France, some states of the Dutch Republic and various Catholic states in Germany and Switzerland (both countries were religiously split) followed suit within a year or two, and Hungary followed in 1587.

Extremism based on a perversion of Islam shows no sign of abating indeed, it will not abate until it is taken on religiously, as well as by security measures.

According to CONICET survey on creeds, about 76.5 of Argentines are Roman Catholic, 11.3 religiously indifferent, 9 Protestant (with 7.9 in Pentecostal denominations), 1.2 Jehovah's Witnesses, and 0.9 Mormons.

Since the 1970 s, the Assads have failed to foster Arab nationalism in order to unite the religiously divided population, resorting instead to divisive sectarian politics to control Syria s population.

She failed to understand why headscarves were considered religious symbols when other such symbols were allowed and when, in her view, it was a question of freedom of choice.

In 1995, the cosmologist Carl Sagan expressed concern about the trend toward a society in which, clutching our crystals and religiously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in steep decline we slide, almost without noticing, into superstition and darkness.

Personal life Diaz dated and eventually married actress Kate del Castillo on August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and endorsed with the religious ceremony in the Episcopal Church in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) on the 5th of September of that year.

The State is obliged to respect and ensure to every person within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, without discrimination on any ground, including race, ethnicity, religion or national origin, the rights contained in the instruments to which that State is a party.