Sentence examples for sectarian polarization from inspiring English sources
The incident sparked a chain reaction of reprisal attacks, bombings and sectarian polarization.
Over time, ethnic, tribal and sectarian polarization drove new violence, weakened both states, strengthened insurgents and magnified civilian suffering.
Shiite leaders say reconciliation is politically impossible, given the sectarian polarization set off by the recent violence here and the continuing civil war in Syria, which is increasingly aggravating the region's sectarian fault lines.
After concentrating their efforts for two and a half years on driving out the 138,000-plus American troops, the insurgents appear to be shifting their focus to the political and sectarian polarization of the country -- apparently hoping to ignite a civil war -- and to the isolation of the Iraqi government abroad.
That kind of support is partly a result of political culture that can be created and promoted via elementary, secondary and higher education, as well as a result of a responsible free media that promotes such concepts, as opposed to a hysteric media that promotes social and sectarian polarization.
Worsening economic conditions, deteriorating public services, and a string of sectarian incidents exacerbated political polarization in mid-2013.
Worsening economic conditions, deteriorating public services, and a string of sectarian incidents exacerbated political polarization and strengthened opposition to Morsi's rule.
Mr. Khalilzad said the negotiations showed that leaders from different factions had been opening up to each other, but that Iraqis in mixed Sunni-Shiite areas of Iraq were growing further apart in a "polarization along sectarian lines, which is very dangerous".
As a continuation of the status quo is the likeliest near term outcome in Syria, the conflict will continue to be a major source of polarization and sectarian tension in Yemen, and many other corners of the Arab world.
"And we signed it together, in a single ceremony". The document, little more than a single page of text, states that defining the Iraq conflict in purely sectarian terms may lead to further polarization between Shiites and Sunnis and exacerbate their theological differences, which it argues are limited.
