Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. Many conflicts occurring in the Middle East today can be directly linked to how the land was partitioned after World War I.

The word underlined in the sentence above can best be defined as .
A.
the act of supporting the spread of Islamic values and belief into all aspects of a society
B.
a formal decision that is made by a group of people and carried out with authority
C.
a feeling of dislike or anger cause by the sense of having been poorly treated
D.
a division or separation of something into portions

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Ibelieve it would be religious 

Examples are the following: 1. 1996: rash of church thefts include one to finance trips to cape cod.-on this day in 1996, a lutheran treasurer in cheshire, connecticut was accused of  stealing from his church to finance a lifestyle that included resort trips and vacation homes on cape cod and in vermont.2. the story in the new york  times began: -lutheran treasurer in connecticut accused of stealing from churcha former treasurer of the lutheran churches governing body in new england was arrested yesterday on charges that he embezzled $800,000 from the church to finance a life style that included resort trips and vacation homes on cape cod and in vermont.