Sentences with phrase «fundamental affront to»

The very existence of the Jewish people as a religious community separate from Christianity was regarded as a fundamental affront to the new religious community with whom Cod had now made his permanent covenant.

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Our fundamental sense of justice is affronted when the economic order turns out to be a game of snakes and ladders, with unexpected windfalls for a lucky few, and years of graft and saving by the majority taxed into oblivion.

The statement reads in part: «The allegations against Mr Dogara and other principal officials of the House of Representatives also suggest a subversion of the budget process, which in itself is a crime but also a fundamental breach of constitutional provisions and an affront to internationally recognized human rights.»