commandment

The practice is derived from the Bible's fourth commandment which states "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy".

A village priest in Kostroma region was fined for discrediting Russia's armed forces after praying for peace and mentioning the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill".

In its ruling, the Supreme Court said the requirement that the Ten Commandments be posted "had no secular legislative purpose" and was "plainly religious in nature" - noting that the commandments made references to worshipping God.

The measure in Louisiana requires that the commandments be displayed in each classroom of every public elementary, middle and high school, as well as public college classrooms.

His crime: taking too seriously the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor and the injunction not to kill.