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He belongs to a Hindu sect that reveres nature and follows strict vegetarianism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Thousands of members of a powerful Philippine religious sect rallied in Manila on Tuesday, snarling traffic as they protested the expected arrest of a senator and church member.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Unlike their Arab Sunni neighbors, Omanis belong to the Ibadite sect, an early secession from mainstream Islam known for its moderate and egalitarian tendencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The narrative begins with a religious ritual that situates her as a member of Syria’s minority Alawite sect, a variant of Shi’a Islam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

She’s on the phone of a young woman from a Montana religious sect, on a moonlit night, on the spinning and ever-changing earth.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Its tens of thousands of active-duty soldiers reflect the mosaic that is the country, with representation from all sects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"All sects used to celebrate with us, and we hope to see this in the coming years, in order to rebuild Syria," she added.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

People who had travelled to Idlib to see him said that he had developed a much more pragmatic set of beliefs, better suited to governing Syria, with its spectrum of religious sects.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

In the end, wrote Burger, the track record of the Amish in maintaining alternative modes of informal vocational education was a showing “that probably few other religious groups or sects could make.”

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025

About three or four such Hasidic sects populated the area in which Danny and I grew up, each with its own rabbi, its own little synagogue, its own customs, its own fierce loyalties.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok