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opinions or actions most people consider immoral

It is a hardline form of Sunni Islam that condemns all other strains as heresy.

heresy = something immoral

Before the separation of Church and State, an accusation of heresy could be treated as treason.

heresy = having opinions most people consider immoral

There were frequent "minor" crusades throughout this period, not only in Palestine but also in the Iberian Peninsula and central Europe, against not only Muslims, but also Christian heretics and personal enemies of the Papacy or other powerful monarchs.
Crusade - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade (retrieved 05/20/06)
O, I have read it; it is heresy.
Shakespeare, William -- Twelfth Night; or What You Will
It is heresy to say that in this house, Lady Markby.
Wilde, Oscar -- An Ideal Husband
"Howard was a Methodist to begin with," said Miss Cornelia, as if she thought he had not far to go from that to heresy.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud -- Anne's House of Dreams
But the measures by which it was intended to purge the land of heresy, though more than sufficiently vigorous, were entirely unsuccessful.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- From Twice Told Tales
The Japanese Nichiren sect of Buddhism, which believes that other forms of Buddhism are heretical, is also sometimes labeled fundamentalist.
Fundamentalism - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism (retrieved 05/20/06)
Both the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches formally believe themselves to be the continuation of the true church and the other fallen into heresy, although over the last several decades there has been some reconciliation.
Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy (retrieved 05/20/06)
So the church tried Galileo as a heretic,
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

heretic = person with unacceptable religious views

Anyone who chose the forbidden gospels over Constantine's version was deemed a heretic.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

heretic = someone with unacceptable beliefs

In the old days he had hidden a heretical mind beneath an appearance of conformity.
George Orwell -- 1984

heretical = immoral (as defined by common belief)

As with any dogma, however, there are bound to be heretics.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen

heretics = people with opinions or actions most people consider immoral

Passionate faith I am suspicious of because it hangs witches and burns heretics,
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

heretics = people with opinions most people consider immoral

I had listened to Florence's heresy, but the God of the church had not hurled his thunder at me.
Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima

heresy = opinions opposed to religious principles

"But this is heresy," exclaimed the Queen,
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

heresy = opinions or actions most people consider immoral

Don't think on these things. Keep an orderly mind. This stuff is like heresy.
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels

heresy = opinions most people consider immoral

...Emma's religion, he thought, might, from its fervour, end by touching on heresy,
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary

heresy = opinions or actions most people consider immoral

But at this moment, heresy though it was, she could not help thinking the Yankees were right on this one matter, even if wrong in all others.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

heresy = an opinion most people consider immoral

Cudn Hope laughed, but Papa looked like he'd just heard heresy incarnate.
Olive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree

heresy = an immoral idea

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