Sentence examples for sectarian antagonism from inspiring English sources
A third key feature, overlapping with the second, and perhaps the most serious, has been the continuing rise of Sunni-Shia sectarian antagonism in the region.
As he put it in a talk for the BBC in 1978: "The lines of sectarian antagonism and affiliation followed the boundaries of the land.
Although Northern Ireland was experiencing its most peaceful era in a generation, sectarian antagonism remained deep and the future of the new institutions uncertain.
Journalists often interpret particular acts of violence as expressions of these motives and entire wars are seemingly explained by "ethnic and sectarian tensions", "terrorism", and "class antagonisms".
Referring to the last CND conference, he claimed "the antagonism we saw at the conference is derivative of the aggressive and sectarian behaviour of those involved in the Stop the War coalition who strove hard to control and dominate the anti-war protest movement".
This could perhaps be seen as an indication that he was among those who were deliberately opposed to religious antagonisms as such: in the Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul had warned against sectarian tendencies among the early Christians (1 Corinthians 3: 4–8; 21–22).
Antagonism often creates structure.
Antagonism runs both ways.
No antagonism, no attitude.
