Sentence examples for sectarian colors from inspiring English sources
In both the book and in life, Ms. Yazbek, a novelist, oscillates between embracing the Alawite label and rejecting it, loath to paint the uprising in sectarian colors.
Certainly, besides some ragged British Union flags dangling from lampposts on one of the few main streets, the town has none of the divisive symbols found in other areas of Northern Ireland, like the so-called peace walls erected to separate Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods, the political murals that often glorify paramilitary groups or the footpaths painted in sectarian colors.
"The fear is this alliance will have a sectarian color," Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni allied with Mr. Allawi, said in a statement read by an aide after the announcement.
In the past, sectarian rivalries have colored the broader Anglo-Irish relationship, and both sides have long historical memories of a past characterized by war and turbulent relations dating from the 12th-century invasion by King Henry II of England.
In the minds of many, those symbols are linked with religious affiliations, although the Red Cross contends that its symbol has no sectarian connotations and is just the Swiss flag with colors reversed.
Daoud's sit-in feels tangled in those borders, as if he sits at the claustrophobic center of a city demarcated by colors and banners and portraits and symbols of sectarian control.
Should UC professors be warned not to expose students to material that reflects negatively on "race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law"?
Sectarian tensions are rising.
Sectarian conflict has reemerged.
