Sentence examples for sectarian leader from inspiring English sources
Yaḥyā was the designated successor of Sayyid Alī Muḥammad, a Shīʿī sectarian leader known as the Bāb (Arabic: "gate," referring to one who has access to the hidden imām).
All those held at the secret prison before it was shut down were brought to Baghdad from Sunni Arab areas in Nineveh where Mr. Maliki, a Shiite, is largely perceived as a sectarian leader with a personal vendetta against anyone associated with the former Sunni-led government of Saddam Hussein.
Modi has been cleared of wrongdoing by court inquiries but is still widely seen as a sectarian leader.
Take the barrister Nick Wrack, one of the sectarian leaders.
Petraeus also apparently clings to the belief that Iraq's sectarian leaders might reconcile if American forces stay the course.
"At the end of the day, the sectarian leaders — the feudal leaders — are still around, and they mobilize much larger numbers," Mr. Hokayem said.
Even if the so-called surge has created breathing room, Iraq's sectarian leaders show neither the ability nor the intent to take advantage of it.
This view fails to acknowledge the American role in empowering sectarian leaders, and it misunderstands the sources of Iraq's divisions, which run deeper than individual stubbornness, to a fundamental clash of visions and interests.
Proponents of a peaceful political solution, like the signatories to the so-called Sant'Egidio appeal last week in Italy, have been eclipsed by sectarian leaders of the Syrian National Council urging the international community to give them anti-aircraft weapons.
Despite the increased dynamism of the Lebanese parliament, real political power in Lebanon's Second Republic lay with the troika of sectarian leaders that occupied the offices of president, prime minister, and the speaker of the Assembly.
Lebanon suffered 15 years of civil war until all-party discussions in Taif, Saudi Arabia, largely brokered by Syria, forced the country's sectarian leaders to sign a document that none of them liked.
