Sentence examples for process of sectarian from inspiring English sources

Will it find itself embroiled in a confessional civil war with the Sunnis in Lebanon, especially if Syria breaks apart and the region is plunged into a process of sectarian balkanisation?

The main point is that the level of violence in Iraq had turned down before the surge began because neighborhoods that were mixed or predominantly Sunni had undergone a massive process of sectarian cleansing by the Shi'a militias.

The return to politics meant, among other things, a return to the byzantine processes of sectarian horse-trading that accompany any government formation in Lebanon.

Our troops handle Iraq's valves in an endless process of managing sectarian tensions, while working to keep regional rivals from asserting their claim over Iraq's sovereignty.

America's man in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, was already in the process of becoming a sectarian strongman, hell-bent on alienating the country's Sunni and Kurdish minorities.

His jovial relationship with McGuinness was a cathartic expression of the broader process of defusing decades of sectarian suspicion.

He has fought Sunnis who he believed were attacking his community, and in the process fueled the cycle of sectarian brutality.

It was a "disaster" which damaged the political process, boosted IRA support and helped underpin decades of sectarian violence that prevented a peace deal from being struck for 30 years, he said.

It has also raised concerns about certain politicians' commitment to the process of integration, and about the ability of the Northern Irish police to curb the influence of sectarian paramilitary groups.

He had just flown into London from Dublin and was distraught over the spate of sectarian murders that had bloodied the new year and now threatened the peace process in his native Northern Ireland.

The plea was the first step in a legal process that could expose past collusion between the police and loyalist terrorists in Northern Ireland during the years of sectarian conflict known as the Troubles.