Sentence examples for communities provoked from inspiring English sources

The expulsion of one of the world's oldest Christian communities provoked condemnation and anguish from figures as diverse as the pope and Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who lambasted the Islamic State (Isis) for its "criminality and terrorism".

Her description of Eichmann as a thoughtless, bloodless functionary rather than a monster led to accusations that she was defending him, just as her discussion of the role of Jewish leaders in the destruction of their communities provoked charges of victim blaming.

In this research it was notable that in contrast to international outrage within scientific journals and the media of Western states, the widespread use of shackles and other forms of maltreatment towards those with mental illness in Kintampo and the surrounding communities provoked remarkably little protest within the communities studied.

The future president had to calm a black community provoked by extremists trying to foment a race war, and well-armed Afrikaner right-wingers who feared he was out for revenge.

Lipsius's controversial chapters on the difficult relationship of the state to the church and on religious toleration — in his view, peace and unity could only be achieved if just one religion was allowed in any particular political community — provoked sharp attacks both from Protestants, especially Dirk Volckertsz.

I expected this deluge of content to upset my online community, provoking negative comments and pushback.

Sense of community provokes individuals' reflection on self-goals and stimulates positive competition among peers.

Serviced mainly by Sunni radicals from the wider Arab world, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia (as it calls itself) was responsible for most of the huge car bombs that terrorised Shia communities and provoked their backlash of sectarian cleansing, almost tipping Iraq into full-scale civil war two years ago.

News reports that the Police Department has created a demographics unit to monitor, as Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly explained, "a lot of different communities," have provoked alarm and criticism among civil liberty advocates who consider the program as unfairly placing entire groups of people, particularly Muslims, under a shadow of suspicion.

In Italy, the United States and the Netherlands, proposed policy developed in partnership with selected practising communities has provoked great controversy.

However, it was his discussion of society's dwindling sense of community that provoked my strongest objection.