Sentence examples for sectarian groups were from inspiring English sources

He and other officials said the sectarian groups were gradually being wiped out by Pakistani law enforcement.

At least one official note by the provincial government of Balochistan in the south-west said some local sectarian groups were recruiting fighters on behalf of IS.

The opposition said that sectarian groups were mainly supported by Khalid bin Ahmed, who they considered "particularly potent and harmful".

Supposedly banned sectarian groups are still finding ways to field candidates in local elections, he complained, while recent weeks saw the burning down by a mob of a factory owned by Ahmedi Muslims, a religious minority that is widely despised.

Individual clerics associated with such sectarian groups are also increasingly becoming important local actors, controlling vital vote banks, and proving to be valuable electoral allies for mainstream political parties.

This is wrong, for true stability can only be reached when those responsible for horrific crimes are called to account and the animosity of the various sectarian groups is laid to rest.

The destabilisation of Pakistan itself, as an ally of America in the war against the Taliban, may also be an aim.An explanation for the persistence of anti-Shia attacks may paradoxically be that the various Sunni sectarian groups are also suppliers of manpower for the jihad against India in Kashmir, which, according to Delhi, has been unofficially sponsored by the Pakistani government.

The old system, in which secular strongmen used force and repression to hold together feuding ethnic and sectarian groups, was bound to collapse, they say.

Sadr believes that quota system, which was brought in after the 2003 invasion to ensure representation among the country's various sectarian groups, is hampering the country's progress.

A look at Lebanon's recent history, from the Doha Accord that ended May 2008's mini-civil war, shows that such sporadic fighting between sectarian groups is far from rare.

In Iraq minorities seemingly have no protection, so a vote for any party other than his or her ethnic or sectarian group is seen as a vote for his or her respective future oppressor.