Their Bible is a version written by their king and not a religious authority.
The sentences must be reviewed by Egypt's highest religious authority, who will return his opinion to the court March 9.
"Remember the sword of your great-grandfather Ali, " in reference to the man who is regarded by the Shiites as their historical religious authority.
They say that by constantly citing the problems, the sexologists seek to apply Western concepts of sexuality, and liberate sex from religious authority.
The top religious authority in Sunni Islam says it hopes Pope Benedict XVI's successor will work for better ties between Muslims and Christians.
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They included Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa and the head of the Al Azhar religious authority Ahmed al-Tayeb, who both congratulated Morsi, according to state-run media.
Sheikh Kabbani's religious authority would have helped the United States rebut the charge that it was attacking all of Islam when it sought to counter and defeat the Islamists.
And while liberal Saudis cheered the keen (and sometimes not completely veiled) participation of Saudi businesswomen at the recent Jeddah Economic Forum, this breech of strict social rules won a searing reproach from the kingdom's top state-appointed religious authority.
His ideas, notably for tackling Sunni angst over the erosion of traditional religious authority and his attempt to counter millennial strands of Islamism with a conservative reformism, may have lost a resounding voice if he is now kept off IslamOnline.
The top three dioceses for growth in average weekly attendance during the same period were Southwell and Nottingham with a 10.7% increase, Norwich - identified in the 2011 Census as the least religious local authority in England and Wales - with attendence up 9.1% and Ripon and Leeds with a 7.4% rise.
Mr. Khamenei, Iran's most powerful religious and military authority, also is positioned to frustrate an array of Obama administration foreign-policy initiatives.
Mr. Khamenei, Iran's most powerful religious and military authority, also is positioned to frustrate an array of Obama administration foreign policy initiatives.
It urges him to use his authority to defend religious matters.
No longer would authority -- civic, religious or familial -- enjoy unquestioned its place in the great chain of being.
His election also breaks new ground for the society of Jesus, a religious order renowned for its skepticism of authority and hierarchy.
Yet beneath the formal structures of ecclesiastical authority, the expression of religious feeling was increasingly laicised and its doctrinal base became progressively more heterodox.
In Shia Islam, this leader was known as the Imam, whose authority, both worldly and religious, was passed down in a style of dynastic succession.
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Schools were always under the authority of the rulers or their religious leaders.
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According to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, there has been a rapid increase in pupils taking GCSEs in religious education since 1997.
As the third and independent authority of the State, the Egyptian Judiciary is comprised of secular and religious courts, administrative, non-administrative courts and a Supreme Constitutional Court, and penal courts, civil and commercial courts, personal status and family courts, national security courts, labour courts, military courts, as well as other specialized courts or circuits.
The ruling Shiite religious parties are demanding that provisions of the Koran, called Sharia, become the supreme authority on marriage, divorce, and inheritance issues.
As the controlling authority of the two holiest shrines of Islam, Saudi Arabia is able to disseminate its religious materials among the millions of Muslims making the hajj to Mecca each year.
Authority was left diffused because Americans have historically been suspicious of concentrated power whether political, financial or religious.
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