Sentence examples for sectarian concerns from inspiring English sources

By contrast, Iran's involvement in Afghanistan in 2001 raised almost none of these national sectarian concerns.

When violence soared last year, Iraqi reports were sometimes tainted by sectarian concerns.

In a case like this, involving health, it would mean acknowledging that the views of medical or educational experts are more germane than the sectarian concerns of clergymen or the job security concerns of Congressmen.

Though they say they are willing to listen to the concerns of the Sunnis, Mr. Maliki's supporters accuse them of "exploiting" a crucial national issue for their own sectarian concerns.

But he was defeated by fellow founders who thought the cohesion of the state should trump any sectarian concern.On the face of things, the victory for religious liberty, first in Virginia and then in the American republic, was so decisive that no venerator of the founders could plausibly challenge it.

(One notorious case of official involvement in sectarian killings concerns the former deputy health minister and the ministry's security chief.

These communities give prominence in worship to those features that called them into existence: sectarian religious concerns, nationalism, dissatisfaction with the worship and ideas of the dominant religious communities, or other distinctive commitments.

During the extension, the unit was sent to Baghdad to quell growing sectarian violence concerns.

Some in Iraq view Ayatollah Sistani's stance skeptically, arguing that he remains by definition a sectarian figure, concerned above all with ensuring Shiite political control.

Making matters worse, there are reports that Islamist parties linked to the Shia-led government are trying to create client, sectarian unions.Particular concern is caused by Decree 8750, passed last August by the interim administration of Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

The slide notes that "ineffectual" Iraqi police forces have been a significant problem, and cites as a concern sectarian conflicts between Iraqi security forces.