So, despite its absence from the Qur'an, it has been a religious norm from the beginning of Islam.

As in Okinawa, female priests called noro exist, and the people worship according to the local religious norms.

This however failed to maintain and appreciate the religious and cultural norms of these dialects.

Violation of social or religious norms invite monetary punishments.

To some, anything other than a rigid conformity to religious norms is savagely punished.

She challenges the social and religious norms in her search for spiritual, sexual and economic independence.

But the cultural and religious norms that once dictated larger families have also evolved.

Victims of honor violence are targeted because their actual or perceived behavior is deemed to be shameful or to violate cultural or religious norms.

During this period, the cohesion of the Empire was furthered by participation in civic life, economic ties, and shared cultural, legal and religious norms.