### Question
Can you define what religious group means?


### Answer
**Religious group** is defined as the following in *18 U.S.C. § 1093*:

> a set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1093*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 50A-GENOCIDE**

