Although Patrick Michael from the Cato Institute says religious leaders and movies have only a short lived influence, World Watch disagrees.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

So Judah, the Southern Kingdom, is a tribute-paying vassal state to the Assyrian overlord. And of course there's a great deal of Assyrian cultural influence and religious influence in Judah as a result.

那么犹大，南部王国，是纳贡者-向亚述统治者,上交贡赋理所应当的，他们受到了许多亚述,文化和宗教影响。

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As to his son, his son was more under the influence of these traditional religious influences.

而说到彼得的儿子,就是一个深受传统宗教影响的人

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Will the growing influence of the religious left alter the way we look at business and investment?

FORBES: The Religious Left Returns

These statements capture the indelible influence of the Islamic religious law Shari'a -- the Cairo Declaration claiming supremacy based on "divine revelation, " which renders sacred and permanent the notion of inequality between the community of Allah, and the infidels.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Apostasy and the Islamic Nations

The Euro-secularists are right about one big thing the influence of religious groups on policy toward Israel.

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