Word: sect
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Marian Guinn, who was accused of misconduct by the leaders of the Church of Christ [RELIGION, March 26], knew that she was going against the teachings of the sect when she had an affair. Many people seek the church when they feel religious but forsake it whenever the tenets no longer please them...
...majestic experience. Over the past few weeks, however, the temple has become a formidable fortress. Religious symbols mix with modern rifle muzzles, automatic weapons, swords and battle-axes. Even women are armed, and some children as young as five have daggers hanging from their belts. The Sikhs, a sect of 12 million that broke with Hinduism at the end of the 15th century, are known equally for being charitable hosts and aggressive warriors. Today they seem solely the latter, as they are preparing for what may be the battle of their lives. Their increased demands for political and religious autonomy...
...week, in an atmosphere of anarchy, Gandhi's government imposed harsh measures of its own. In clashes between police and terrorists in New Delhi, the Punjab and Haryana, at least eight people were killed and 36 wounded. After five moderate Sikhs were assassinated by radical members of the sect, the government ordered the arrest of 1,225 young Sikh fanatics across the country who were suspected of sabotage and planning insurrection. To quell further uprisings, the government increased military patrols on all railroad lines and highways, bringing the total number of security forces assembled in Punjab and Haryana...
Cost concerns can also completely finish off a case. Last month an Arizona judge dismissed riot and assault charges against 19 members of a black religious sect after officials of sparsely populated Cochise County refused to continue paying for their legal defense. The 19 were charged after a 1982 melee with police. By the time six of the defendants were ready for trial in February, the county had doled out its entire $300,000 indigent defense fund, and officials decided they could not afford to pay any more...
...flat coastal strip. Bombing and strafing runs by two subsonic Hawker Hunter jet fighters, part of Gemayel's tiny air force, could not stop the Druze even momentarily. After linking up at Khalde with their allies, the Amal militia of Lebanon's dominant Shi'ite Muslim sect, the Druze drove the Fourth Brigade 3½ miles south to the vicinity of Damur. The militiamen stopped there only because they were confronted by Israeli soldiers who had moved north to prevent the Muslims from getting any closer to the Israeli occupation zone south of the Awali River. Some...