Sentence examples for ruling minorities from inspiring English sources

This has embittered what started as peaceful uprisings in Bahrain and Syria, where ruling minorities have used brute force and sectarian fear-mongering to maintain control.

One is a ruling minority of the healthy few who rely on vegetable gardens, personal trainers and spa getaways to stay fit.

They are right to worry that Mr. Assad's murderous behavior could destabilize the region by fomenting all-out civil war between Syria's ruling minority Alawites, a Shiite subgroup, and the majority Sunnis.

Had Akbar persecuted his non-Muslim subjects, his empire would not have survived; the Muslims were a small, ruling minority in India, a region which never had religious uniformity.

There is a deep split in Bahrain between the Sunni Muslim ruling minority and the Shia Muslim majority, who say they are discriminated against.

Maybe try and broker a deal between him, his Alawite ruling minority, and the Free Syrian Army FSAA).

In northern China, the Jurchen tribes were the ruling minority of an empire that was predominantly inhabited by former subjects of the Northern Song.

The notion that Afghans are uninterested in living in a progressive, just and free society is most certainly a colonial and racist one; however, it is a premise that serves Afghanistan's ruling minority quite well, including President Hamid Karzai and the informal warlord power structures holding sway throughout the country.

In effect, the burden of political responsibility would be shared between the ruled majority and the ruling minority.

Jordan's official name indicates the ethnicity of the ruling minority: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Will we step in to stop oppression of Bahrain's majority by its ruling minority?