Yet the sudden and general loosening of restrictions on religious worship has taken most Cubans by surprise.
Georgia is a proudly Christian country, and the significance of wine in religious worship is reinforced by superstition and custom.
"That this senseless act of violence should be targeted at a place of religious worship is particularly painful, " Singh, himself a Sikh, said.
Alevis have demanded official recognition as a separate religious minority and recognition for their places of worship, which would enable their religious authorities to get financial support from the Turkish state.
But in recent years, the American perspective on religion has changed in a way that often favors private worship over organized religious services.
Lombardi said the Pope believes religious freedom in Cuba means more than the ability to worship freely.
The Charity Commission has accepted that druids' worship of natural spirits could be seen as religious activity.
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Cyber sermons are catching on with a religious audience who are on the run, torn between worship and work.
Correspondents say the proposal risks upsetting Israel's powerful ultra-Orthodox community as well as Muslims who worship near the Western Wall, reflecting the complex religious sensitivities in the area.
In Spain, 23% of respondents said they prayed in the mosque or place of worship every day, with another 25% saying they attended a religious service weekly.
Although valuable and quite extensive contributions to pupils' understanding of spiritual values are made in religious education, Welsh, English, history and art, the provision for collective worship does not provide a context in which pupils' own spiritual awareness can be consistently nurtured.
These extend well beyond the right of clergy or houses of worship not to perform or host same-sex ceremonies, or the right of religious institutions opposed to same-sex marriage to remain tax exempt.
The current procession is a religious event deeply rooted in the tradition expressed through prayer, songs and dance - the historical form of worship.
They were convicted under a section of the Penal Code which outlaws deeds intended to wound or insult "the religious feelings of any class of persons" through acts committed in, upon or near sacred objects or places of worship.
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