The Sanhaja were at this stage only superficially Islamicised and still clung to many heathen practices, and so Ibn Yasin preached to them an orthodox Sunnism.

Although his purpose was to detail the "heathen practices" as a manual for other missionaries, he also wanted to make it pleasant to read and useful to others.

There are also instructive references to the heathen practices and the worship of pagan deities (such as Baalti, Uzzi, Gedlath and the planet Venus) prevalent in Mesopotamia.

And Jerusha agreed, saying, "We should be grateful that Malama forbade heathen practices."

Charlemagne issued a number of decrees designed to break Saxon resistance and to inflict capital punishment on anyone observing heathen practices or disrespecting the king's peace.

She frowned at having to discuss heathen practices.

But Mohammed is said to have cleared away heathen practices that had grown around the hajj and prescribed the rituals still being followed today.

Verses 26b-31: these are all heathen practices.

Judge O'Farrell felt annoyed that this glib young man should imply that there could be a parallel between the seemly rituals of his court and such heathen practices.

Both works also drew on the earlier writing of Martin of Braga; all three served to condemn the heathen practices that had survived into Christian times (Marsden 203).