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From reading their own Inquisitorial history Europeans are well aware of what organized religion is capable of, and Muslims worship the same god!
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I would rather live in a Spanish Baroque Inquisitorial fantasy room than one of those Ikea model rooms with the degraded knock-offs and 50 copies of the same damn Swedish book.
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Mauritius used the French Inquisitorial system, where judges played
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We who find Christianity lacking are generally more interested in being able to worship as we wish, but Christian such as the ones mentioned in the post or the cowardly "anonymous" seem to hold the Inquisitorial stance that we should not be allowed belief other than Christianity.
Religious Discrimination at Air Force Academy Howard M. Friedman 2005
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"We who find Christianity lacking are generally more interested in being able to worship as we wish, but Christian such as the ones mentioned in the post or the cowardly 'anonymous' seem to hold the Inquisitorial stance that we should not be allowed belief other than Christianity."
Religious Discrimination at Air Force Academy Howard M. Friedman 2005
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How is this "the Inquisitorial stance that we should not be allowed belief other than Christianity"?
Religious Discrimination at Air Force Academy Howard M. Friedman 2005
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Inquisitorial vigilance and indiscriminating harshness prevail everywhere, and the lives of hundreds of prisoners are reduced to a continual agony of terror and self – loathing.
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My Inquisitorial Squad is opening and reading all owl post entering and leaving the castle.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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These words had a powerful impact on Umbridge: she glanced swiftly and suspiciously around at her Inquisitorial Squad, her bulging eyes resting for a moment on Malfoy, who was too slow to disguise the look of eagerness and greed that had appeared on his lace.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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'Right, well, even if we do all of that, I don't think we're going to be able to bank on more than five minutes,' said Hermione, looking relieved that Harry seemed to have accepted the plan, 'not with Filch and the wretched Inquisitorial Squad floating around.'
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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