heretical

Example Sentences

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For the past year, two philosophy professors have been calling around to prominent authors and public intellectuals with an unusual, perhaps heretical, proposal.

From New York Times

It’s also seen as heretical to even listen to voices that are not 100% aligned with you politically.

From Seattle Times

Later that week, a group in Karachi demolished the minarets on a house of worship used by the Ahmadi sect, a long-persecuted minority declared heretical under Pakistan’s Constitution, amid accusations that their faith insults Islam.

From New York Times

These are heretical places that teach humans to question their Bible.

From Salon

IS, a Sunni jihadist group, considers Shia Muslims heretical, and Iran is the dominant Shia power in the region.

From BBC