Sentence examples for encouraging division from inspiring English sources

Last, Mr Shah is controversial because he is prone to a divisive form of politics, encouraging division between religious groups for electoral gain.

Refugees wait to be registered in a camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece (EPA) Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron accused Ms May of "encouraging division and hatred", while Labour's shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham said she had forgotten her own advice that the Tories should stop being "the nasty party".

Too much of the public discourse has focused on the negative, encouraging division and animosity rather than engendering a spirited but positive dialog about the way forward for our country.

The factors encouraging division are strong, from the funding and media marketplace, to ideological political positioning, to genuinely complex analyses of the international context.

"We have an administration which is encouraging hate crimes, which is encouraging division, which is encouraging fear," he said.

Such policies poison democracy by encouraging divisions along lines drawn by discriminatory rules.

Today, that call is often lost in a landscape where the loudest evangelical preachers encourage division and exclusion.

The Ottomans themselves also encouraged division and enmity, believing that ultimately their own self-interests would be furthered.

Rather, we have a system that was designed to encourage division between the branches but to resist the formation of political parties.

Mixing refugees, Muslims, terrorists and rats together stokes public anxiety and encourages division at a time when unity is sorely needed – a highly irresponsible and potentially dangerous act.

In every restaurant I have known that employs a similar practice, it encourages division and rivalry among staff, and a reluctance to help out in other waiters' sections.