The Jewish Communities are religious congregations comprising numerous members.

The obligation of prior registration of religious communities is discriminatory.

For the Shia are the biggest of Lebanon s three religious communities.

Public schools allow religious education, in cooperation with religious communities that have agreements with the government, but attendance is not mandatory.

The legal position of religious communities is defined by special legislation, specifically regarding government funding, tax benefits, and religious education in schools.

Most major religious festivals of the main communities are included in the list of national holidays.

Condemns without reserve all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur

This reservation stems from Israel's constitutional system and respect for religious pluralism, as well as its granting autonomy to religious communities in matters of personal status.

The international community must recognize the importance of engaging communities in the promotion of religious and cultural understanding and of eliminating all forms of religious intolerance.

5. Condemns without reserve all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur

Instead, what we are witnessing in Iraq today is not ever increasing friction between religious communities but escalating internal power struggles within the Sunni and Shiite communities.

Composed of members of the various religious communities, these councils were intended to assist the deputy governor.

There should be equal access to public sector employment across the various ethnic, linguistic and religious communities.

Indeed, they were calculated not only to cause death and mayhem but to foment distrust between racial and religious communities and to provoke a backlash against Muslim communities.

The seven existing Krishna communities in Belarus have an autonomous status and are not subject to religious control.

Several leading scientists, including one of the world s greatest biologists, E.O. Wilson, have reached out to religious communities to support the fight against human induced climate change and the fight for biological conservation, and those religious communities have reached back in harmony with science.

Israel upholds its reservation to article 16 regarding personal status laws due to commitments to religious communities in Israel.

's Sense of Community Index (SCI) (see Chipuer Pretty, 1999 Long Perkins, 2003), originally designed primarily in reference to neighborhoods, can be adapted to study other communities as well, including the workplace, schools, religious communities, communities of interest, etc.

Although Myanmar is an overwhelmingly Buddhist country, dozens of religious and ethnic communities have long lived there side by side.

In the present case, the Committee notes that the State party's law distinguishes between religious communities and religious associations, and that the possibility of conducting certain activities is restricted to the latter.

It further rejects any denial of the Holocaust, and condemns without reservation all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur.

The occasion is called Nasfa , and it is not just a Shiite religious feast, but an event celebrated by Bahrainis of all communities.

In reference to certain aspects of personal status laws, Israel has entered a reservation due to commitments to various religious communities in Israel.

Seriously concerned also at the misuse of registration procedures as a means to limit the right to freedom of religion or belief of members of certain religious communities and at the limitations placed on religious publications,

Most political parties in Vanuatu can be divided into religious groupings and with loyalties to parties based along religious affiliations, splits have been created not only in the political sphere but also in families and communities.

Seriously concerned also at the misuse of registration procedures as a means to limit the right to freedom of religion or belief of members of certain religious communities, and at the limitations placed on religious publications,

Respondents were asked about the measures taken by Governments to encourage equal participation of persons with disabilities in the religious life of their communities.

Seriously concerned also at the misuse of registration procedures as a means to limit the right to freedom of religion or belief of members of certain religious communities, as well as at the limitations placed on religious publications,

Interreligious dialogue needed to be encouraged at all levels to help create harmony between religious communities so that they could live side by side in mutual respect, and such initiatives should not be limited to religious leaders alone.

In Matters concerning women's and children's alimony, property issues, child maintenance, guardianship, violence and in the case of Muslims, also parental matters, Family Courts and the Religious Courts have a parallel jurisdiction, with certain differences between the various religious communities.

American radicalism, however, resulted in increasing tensions between religious communities in the Middle East, and the rise of radical Iran with its bid for regional hegemony.

Although a strong sense of modern nationalism exists in both, ancient ethnic and religious communities play a critical role in shaping political identities and public life.

The women s movement in Morocco which now bridges secular and religious communities is setting an example of the power of social thought in a traditional society.

Some Islamic and Arab communities were suffering growing discrimination on religious and ethnic grounds, with direct consequences for the life of the victims and their families.

This one happened because I spent a lot of time with various religious communities throughout America because I wanted it to be more than about my journey.

Many have struggled to come out to their communities, in families whose religious beliefs make it hard to accept that their daughters are not sick, just queer.

Under the Law on Ministries and Other Administrative Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees is responsible for cooperation with religious communities.

He was nonetheless concerned at the stipulation in law that in order to be registered, religious associations must practise faiths or beliefs linked to religions with historical or cultural roots, as that might result in discrimination against newer religious communities without such links.

But it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (ἐπιείκεια, epieikeia ), and this persuaded most religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it.

Both Lebanon and Iraq comprise ancient communities living within the borders of states outlined in the 20th century. Although a strong sense of modern nationalism exists in both, ancient ethnic and religious communities play a critical role in shaping political identities and public life.

The Committee recommends that the State party include detailed information in its next periodic report on the situation of ethno religious communities and the measures taken to promote tolerance between them.

By taking what was best in the morality of the nomad and adapting it for settled communities, he established a religious and social framework for the life of many races of men.

The Committee recommends that the State party endeavour, by encouraging genuine dialogue, to improve relations between different ethnic and religious communities with a view to promoting tolerance and overcoming prejudices and negative stereotypes.

2.2 On 10 May 2001, the authors filed an application with the Committee on Religions and Nationalities ( the C.R.N. ), seeking the registration of the seven Krishna communities in Belarus as a religious association.

The Statute now requires that an association be comprised of at least 10 religious communities, of which at least one must have conducted its activities in Belarus for not less than 20 years.