Word: sects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assassin's Afghan origin might explain his motive-but Afghanistan hastily pointed out that he had been driven out of Afghanistan in 1944 for conspiring against the government. The other possibility was that he belonged to a sect advocating war with India over Kashmir...
...rich prize of Kashmir, an assassin's bullets rang out this week. They hit and fatally wounded Liaquat Ali Khan, 56, the chubby, able and moderate Prime Minister of Pakistan as he was making a speech to a crowded meeting. His assassin, a Moslem fanatic of a sect which favors holy war against India, was reportedly "torn to pieces" by the crowd...
...Mexican Catholic Church, a minority sect with only about 40 congregations and 2,600 communicants in all Mexico, dates back to the days when President Benito Juárez ordered the expropriation of Roman Catholic Church lands after the Revolution of 1857. The great majority of priests remained loyal to Rome. But 18 pro-Juárez priests struck out on their own, formed a new church. Concerned about their lack of bishops and apostolic succession, the Mexicans acquired an Episcopal bishop, later became a missionary district of the U.S. Episcopal Church...
Most arresting of the peace conferees were 50 naked, ash-covered monks of the Naga sect. At a great parade during which thousands of enthusiastic Indians showered the holy men with petals and rose water, the Nagas at first wore loincloths, obeying police orders against nudity, but many soon discarded them. Explained Shivan Chidanand Gir, leader of the Nagas, a college graduate and ex-army officer: "For us, even the smallest shred of clothing hinders concentration and meditation...
...CRIMSON made some counter-proposals. One of them was that the General Education course on religion should be taught by a layman "who represents the religious view without representing a particular sect, or even a particular religion. The CRIMSON might as well have asked for a man who represents the economic view and not any particular sect, on the grounds that it would be "an imposition on the free student" if the College hired a Socialist or a Keynesian. But a real imposition on the free student would be to refuse to hire someone because he was ordained...