Sentence examples for sectarian nature from inspiring English sources

But there is no doubt that those who commit the violence often do so by reference to their faith and the sectarian nature of the conflict is a sectarianism based on religion.

"Although Minister al-Bolani has attempted to address the sectarianism and corruption in the MOI...the fundamentally sectarian nature of the ministry endures.

And there is no avoiding the sectarian nature of it.

The crucial aspect of the Syrian war, as regards Lebanon, is its sectarian nature.

Arabs are uneasy over Iran's expansionist policies and its sectarian nature.

Mr Maliki had hoped to change the violent and divisively sectarian nature of Iraqi politics.No longer, it seems.

Reporters who have only known the largely non-sectarian nature of Afghanistan violence since the American-led invasion toppled the Taliban in 2001 have been quick to point out how anomalous were Tuesday's coordinated Sunni-on-Shia bomb-attacks, which killed over 60 Shiite worshippers.

There are persistent reports of gun battles there, and of killings that seem to be sectarian in nature.

Police were initially not treating it as a hate crime, but Bronwyn McGahan, a Sinn Fein assembly member, said she believe it was "sectarian in nature".

As the conflict approaches the end of its second year, it "has become overtly sectarian in nature," said the report by a panel of the Human Rights Council.

The attacks reinforced fears that the civil conflict in Syria, which has become increasingly sectarian in nature, now threatened to spill over the border.