Sentences with phrase «edicts between»

That being said I do think there is a qualitative difference between the application of religious law / edicts between Islam and Christianity.

Not exact matches

Uber said expanding its service may be a boon for Saudi Arabia, a country where women are not allowed to drive because of fatwas, or religious edicts, issued by conservative Muslim clerics that uphold a distinct segregation between the sexes.

«Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages — the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ's divinity — are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.»

One might say there's a nice analogy between SCOTUS opinions and holy texts, in that if the edicts don't appeal to some self - evident consensus, for better or worse, they'll be re-intepreted to do so.

Baseball Commissioner Landis once backed down on one of his edicts because of a friendship between Joe Judge and an obscure postman

«There's a significant difference between negotiating in good faith, and issuing some kind of edict that may or may not be legal,» said Stephen Madarasz, the association spokesman.

This year it seemed as if the esteemed Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan had managed to walk between the raindrops of this out - with - the - old edict, as his new film, The Wild Pear Tree, was dropped into the line - up as a late edition and, rumour has it, with material excised by request of the selection committee.

By default this will return to a certain standing depending on how a party feels about you, but more can be gained by issuing edicts that parties approve of, building certain things and by going through the events that pop up where you're given the chance to pick between a few options that typically increase your goodwill with one part at the cost of another.

One recurring observation throughout the portal is the disjunct between the edicts of the central government and the level of enforcement of such edicts at the provincial, municipal and local levels.

There are four things that good resumes for bakery sales clerk edict: • A clear match between what you have to offer and what the company is looking for • Your capacity for performing the work better than other people • Your knowledge of resolving company problems • How money - worthy you are During the early... Read More»