Sentences with phrase «group committing the act»

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I have felt hate for my leaders who have put men, and groups, like him in positions where they can commit the most vile acts against their fellow men and women.

I constantly hear of large groups of gays protesting against the rights of Christians to marry other Christians, telling adolescent Christians they are immoral and committing acts of violence against Christians.

People of every race and religion have commited horrible acts, but as we know just because X % of group Y do bad things, does not mean group Y is bad or wrong.

If religion is the source of morality, how is it that a large group of spiritually - sophisticated individuals commit such immoral acts, at the same rate as the rest of the spiritually inferior population?

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Muslims today are, as indviduals, far more likely to commit acts of violence in the name of their religion than other groups.

Hate crimes are defined as criminal acts committed against those who belong to certain social, religious, ethnic or other group.

They commit acts of violence in the name of God (nutjob anti-abortion groups), commit acts of fraud in the name of God, use God's name for political gain, and then turn their backs on the core principles of Jesus — caring for one another, compassion, helping those less fortunate, giving of yourself to do good, to make things better.

instances where punishment is inflicted by God or at God's command on groups collectively, not limited to the individuals committing the offensives acts, and 2.

Article II: In the present Convention, genocide means any of the acts, committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such

I didn't commit those acts, I don't approve of them, and I don't discriminate against members of minority groups.

This is a great mistake as the Haredim and the crazies committing recent outrages acts are two separate groups and should not be confused with each other.

According to Judith P. Swazey and Stephen R. Scher, «The whistle - blower may be — and within his group usually is — perceived and treated as a Judas Iscariot who has committed a disloyal, indeed treasonable act» (Whistleblowing in Biomedical Research [1982], p. 179) The problem is frequently compounded by a sort of double - agent masquerade: some nay sayers, looking for credentials, claim to be whistleblowers.

It is defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as «any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the groups conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.»

The acts of a person or group must be committed with the intention to destroy, «in whole or in part» a «national, ethnical, racial, or religious group».

The Genocide Convention, which Israel has ratified, defines it as «acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, religious group» (Genocide Convention, § 2).

In 2002, this was further clarified by article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as encompassing inhumane acts such as torture, murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment or persecution of an identifiable group on political, national, cultural, religious or other grounds, committed in the

Inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group... over another racial group... and systematically oppressing them.

Alhaji Gold added that the State government remains committed to protecting lives and property in line with the rule of law and will not hesitate to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone or group found to have instigated or taken part in any act of violence.

«We look forward to further dialogue with everyone involved here, including advocacy groups, and we are committed to continuing to act with care and understanding during this difficult time.»

Business groups want to see the law changed, so that they wouldn't be held responsible if a worker is intoxicated, violating safety standards, or committing a criminal act.

For his research, Hamm defines a lone wolf terrorist by four characteristics: a person who perpetrates political violence, does not belong to (but often identifies with) an organized group such as al - Qaeda, acts alone (as opposed to the pair of Boston Marathon bombers), and does not commit violence out of grief or the pursuit of profit, vengeance or fame.

Over the course of approximately nine months, inmates taking supplements committed about 35 percent fewer antisocial acts than the group taking placebos.

This sets them apart from the thousands of radicals who are members of extremist groups and who never commit serious acts of violence.

This especially true when a group of The Cured begin committing what are essentially terrorist acts against the military that oppresses them.

UN Security Council will adopt Resolution 1566 in 2004 and gives a definition of terrorism as «criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.»

raise awareness and sensitivity to potential acts of discrimination and / or harassment directed at students that are committed by students and / or school employees on school property or at a school function; including, but not limited to, discrimination and / or harassment based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex; and

The protest and occupation to resist takeover by AUSL was led by a core group of committed Piccolo parents who were acting on behalf of 288 parents who had voted «No» to the Turnaround of their school in January but were ignored by CPS.

Members act as a committed group of advisors to the staff and administration, regarding issues that affect the scholars and school of CCS.

The researches show that persons that have committed one heroic act in their life (saving a person from the fire or from beneath a train) are very little diverse from an observation group - persons that are not heroes.

The group, however, clarified that it has not found enough evidence to prove that the influence of popular violent video games, such as Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty, led individuals to commit criminal acts.

The Rubin Group is supposed to act only by consensus, and at least two of the members say they are committed to protecting the interests of the distributed solar community.

You're right that some charities and campaign groups may act sometimes in unethical ways because they've become too committed to a particular aim to see the bigger picture.

As a part - time person examining this for a Society, no big deal, our group uses the guideline «Was the act committed with intent to gain an unfair benefit?»

I have been in this hobby for almost 30 years and still can not believe that we all must now be punished because someone did something stupid.When did society start punishing the entire group for an act that was committed by a single person.

They will form their own cultural group that lives apart from «modern» society and some will commit acts of violence in protest to technology.

(h) «The crime of apartheid» means inhumane acts of a character similar to those referred to in paragraph 1 [crimes against humanity], committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime;

But the fact you can sue a group of people, claim millions in damages and blame a few in the crowd for the acts committed by the whole is alarming.

Whether acting on the defence of large class action proceedings, the pursuit of subrogated recovery in highly technical matters, or resolving claims within modest deductibles, lawyers within our Products Liability Group are committed to working closely with our clients to implement cost - efficient, innovative, and proactive solutions.

Those who participate in, commit crimes in, or instruct others to commit crimes, in groups of three or more are subject to much greater punishment than those who act alone.

«What possesses these groups to feel so insulted to commit these types of acts?

To name one point: flight MH17 does not seem to have been shot down deliberately as part of a deliberate plan to wipe out a certain ethnic group or to commit acts of terrorism, but the models developed for such cases are being used as a mould.

More particularly, since the Court acknowledged in the judgment in Tsakouridis, that the fight against trafficking in narcotics as part of an organised group is capable of being covered by that concept, the question here is whether an act carried out alone, such as that committed by Mr I. in the main proceedings, namely sexual abuse of a 14 year old minor, sexual coercion and rape, is also capable of being covered by that concept.

The same acts committed: a) with the use of violence or with the threat of its use; b) by a person through his official position; c) by an organized group, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to five years.

For the purpose of this Exclusion; i) Terrorist activity means an act, or acts, of any person, or group (s) of persons, committed for political, religious, ideological or similar purposes with the intention to influence any government and / or to put the public, or any section of the public, in fear.

Terrorism includes criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government of international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act.

Terrorism includes criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government or international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act.

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