Sentence examples for main sects which from inspiring English sources

Islam has 2 main sects, which are Sunni and Shia.

This is in stark contrast to many Christian sects, which often disagree amongst and within themselves.

Americans say the Iraqi special operations force, which was deliberately balanced with the country's main sects and ethnicities, is more capable than the Iraqi Army and may be critical in preventing a resilient insurgency from exploding into a sectarian civil war.

The group has assiduously worked to worsen the sectarian bitterness sweeping the region between Islam's two main sects.

This, they said, rendered the government illegal, since it was constitutionally required to represent all the main sects.

The two main sects, Shia Zaidi and Sunni Shafi, have traditionally been seen as moderate with minimal differences.

There are two main sects within Islam: the Shiite/Shia and the Sunni.

There are two main sects in Islam, the Sunni and the Shi'ite.

His sect, which claimed more than 5 million adherents in Japan in the early 21st century, was the leading sect in China in the 8th and 9th centuries.

It was a study of Militant, a Trotskyist sect which successfully burrowed into the Labour Party.

He comes from the minority Alawite sect which is an offshoot of Shia Islam.