Sentences with phrase «sacred by»

In my last post on Double Aspect, I wrote about the religious freedom issues addressed in the Supreme Court's recent decision in Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54, which concerned the constitutionality of a ministerial decision to allow development on land considered sacred by an Aboriginal nation.

«Blasphemous matter» is defined as matter «that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion; and he or she intends, by the publication of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.»

«Blasphemous matter» is defined as matter «that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if --(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK - based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

Five major ones are: • Having opposed the candidate who ends up winning appointment as one's dean or chair (thereby looking stupid, wicked, or crazy in the latter's eyes); • Being a ratebuster, achieving so much success in teaching or research that colleagues» envy is aroused; • Publicly dissenting from politically correct ideas (meaning those held sacred by campus elites); • Defending a pariah in campus politics or the larger cultural arena; • Blowing the whistle on or even having knowledge of serious wrongdoing by locally powerful workmates.

Artist Statement «Near Hulett, Wyoming the mesa that is Devil Tower is held sacred by many Native American tribes including the Kiowa, Cheyenne and Lakota so climbing is not allowed for...

Proteus» hyper - nature is sacred by design: it can't be exploited nor manipulated, but only experienced with the attentive eyes and ears of an ethologist, botanist, and weatherman.

By following the road to Antigua Guatemala you will find that the city is surrounded by volcanoes which are considered sacred by the Maya as the living creatures believe that can be used to communicate with spirits and ancestors.

The condor was considered sacred by the Incas for its ability to fly and teach us the meaning of freedom - it represented the liberation from of our soul from body and mind.

Once you arrive at the falls, go ahead and take a shower under the crashing water — not only is it clean enough to drink, it's held sacred by local Buddhists, who believe it's the center of the island's «water universe.»

Considered sacred by the locals, Machu Picchu, Peru is especially important as a cultural heritage site.

Resplendent quetzals Pharomachrus mocinno were revered as sacred by Mayas.

This place is most famous for its landmark called Morro Rock, a 581 - foot volcanic plug which is considered to be sacred by a couple of local Indian tribes.

Some also give credence to the stories saying that Shih Tzu dogs were considered sacred by Buddhists, and so they were kept in temples.

The Birman cat breed is an old breed considered sacred by some, but is perfectly happy being a house cat.

Just like Dante in Pixar's Coco, Xolos were considered sacred by ancient Aztecs and Mayans, and were believed to be guides for the dead to Mictlan, the underworld.

Firstly, Thorin quickly develops an unhealthy obsession with the dwarf treasures that Smaug so zealously guarded, and is hell - bent on finding the fabled «arkenstone» gem considered sacred by dwarves but which Bilbo (Martin Freeman) has already located and is hiding from the gold - crazy king for his own good.

The story, a mix of Celtic history and folklore about a medieval manuscript long considered sacred by the Irish, is engaging for moviegoers all ages, but the magic here is most evident in the film's dazzling artistry.

With as much taste as «Silent Night, Deadly Night,» this vulgar, gratuitous but nastily entertaining slasher pic proves nothing's sacred by «re-imagining» Bob Clark's 1974 stalk - and - slash trend - setter «Black Christmas» and being released on December 25th (which upset religious groups).

Your childhood entertainment is not sacred by Nathan Rabin.

Held to be sacred by the Incas, researchers have recently taken a close look at certain antioxidant phytonutrients in quinoa and two flavonoids, quercetin and kaempferol, are now known to be abundant in concentrated amounts.

Originally from Mexico, tuberose was deemed sacred by the Mayan peoples.

We'd restore and heal our raw skin and aching joints in the timeless waters at Ojo Caliente (literally «hot eye» in Spanish, so named because there previously were small ponds or pools of water in the springs), a secluded refuge deemed sacred by Native Americans.

Quail Ranch also hopes to benefit from the proposed extension of the Paseo del Norte road through the Petroglyph National Monument, an area held sacred by many native peoples.

Like New Mexico, the region around Lake Baikal in central Siberia is a land of enchantment and exploitation, offering a beautiful landscape rich with sites held sacred by the indigenous communities of the region and a target for international tourism and resource development efforts.

The area itself is considered sacred by modern pagans, who still make offerings at a nearby spring.

Edwards explained how the site is held sacred by the longhouse people of the Six Nations.

Then, too, there's Lazio's greater offense: In desperate hope of political gain, he is trading on imagery of the horror that united all America, profaning the sacred by violating the boundary that removes Ground Zero from the campaign trail.

There is a vast literature which is acknowledged as sacred by other sects of Buddhism.

Conquering a territory and bringing order to it is an act equivalent to consecration, making the space itself sacred by means of recalling and rehearsing the primordial act of creation.

Apparently with no thought of inconsistency, in a powerful sermon Urban II urged the great company of warriors who were present to turn their swords from fighting their brethren to fighting the Moslems, at that time in possession of the places held sacred by Christians and oppressing the pilgrims who thronged them.

Some accounts are considered sacred by many people today and some are not.

In social life, God commands that all cases shall be judged with equity; justice and charity are required; no injustices shall be done to people because of hatred toward them; all life is made sacred by God and may not be ended except through justice.

Reflect on the fact that this is less than one of some 160 pages of only one Kanda describing only one sacrifice, and that the Satapatha - Brahmana of which it is a part is but one of many Brahmanas, all of which were regarded as sacred by the early Hindus, and transmitted orally from priest to priest for centuries.

This last one is incorporated into the Hamas Charter, but it is considered sacred by all religious Moslems including the imams of the mosques that Foxman is supporting.

And yet there is much to be learned about the sacred by locating it in relation to the mundane experiences of everyday reality.

The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service owns large tracts of wilderness in California held sacred by certain Native American tribes.

And it is not the book that is sacred it is the content / meaning that is said to be sacred by those who do not understand how it was put together.

«We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal.

Why does it become sacred by the mere fact of not being your own?

Not exact matches

Native Americans march to a burial ground sacred site that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri River nearby, Sept. 4, 2016 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

Arguing that the Quran incites violence, it insisted that «the verses of the Quran calling for murder and punishment of Jews, Christians, and nonbelievers be struck to obsolescence by religious authorities,» so that «no believer can refer to a sacred text to commit a crime.»

Two previous arguments by the Standing Rock tribe - that the construction had threatened sacred sites, and that the presence of oil in the pipeline would damage sacred waters, had been rejected by the court.

This is an unlikely prospect given the range of issues to be tackled, further complicated by the recent entry to the negotiations of Japan and its insistence on protecting its five «sacred» agricultural commodities (rice, wheat, sugar, beef and dairy).

No reference to soaking anyone in sacred solution, in person or by proxy; the obvious, common sense meaning is a transcendence of the mind over mere physical existence.

Communism westernized the Russian political imagination in a perverse way, to be sure, but its triumph put a complete end to older, more traditional ways of understanding society as a hierarchical system underwritten by a sacred authority.

Asserting that all innocence has been lost, Zizek claims that an object is no longer considered art «simply [on] its direct material properties, but [by] the place it occupies, the (sacred) Place of the Void of the Thing.»

In the same breath, let us also just believe that the religious fanaticism shown by some Muslims is also an act of corruption of their own sacred text.

According to the Oxford Times, she wrote in a newsletter: «I am not usually a grumpy person but I have been overwhelmed by the numbers of tourists coming through the church and the fact that so many of them seem unaware that this is a sacred space.