A wide unbridgable gulf of religious distinction existed between the two groups, with the former getting all the credit.

But when the bomb went off, on the afternoon of Aug. 15, 1998, it made no religious or political distinctions.

Such was the precedence of religious distinctions, however, that, except perhaps in the popular imagination, racial ones were secondary.

Finally there is no religious, political or social distinction within this association.

In some cases there are religious ideological distinctions between Hasidic groups, as well.

He seemed to suggest that, even at this range, religious distinctions needed to be drawn.

Wearing a veil creates a religious distinction among pupils, they said.

Following the installation of Soviet rule in 1920, the religious distinction among the population was no longer officially recognized.

Though himself a Protestant, he made no religious distinction.

It examines gender, religious and class distinctions in contemporary Iran.