Sentence examples for sectarian power from inspiring English sources

These were the seeds of Huxley's agnosticism, scientific enthusiasm, and understanding of sectarian power play.

So will the Iranian regime's penchant for radical sectarian power projection evaporate once it has renewed the right to sell lots of oil and buy lots of arms?

The volatile sectarian power tussle leaves little concern for the health and safety of millions of refugees, the majority of whom are women and children.

Religious affinity is however not something China has to worry about with Shiite-majority Iran, which has long projected itself as a revolutionary rather than a sectarian power.

Meanwhile, the US is the last main backer of a unified, non-sectarian Iraq, meaning that until there's greater local support for Iraq as a nation (instead of a sectarian power base), the US may have to sit back and watch all the hard-earned progress there unravel.

Mr. Najafi succeeds another Sunni, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, as speaker, duplicating the existing formula for sectarian power-sharing.

The president is elected by Parliament, not by popular vote, and must be a Maronite Christian under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system.

Although the prime minister's job is reserved for a Sunni under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, Sunni religious leaders who opposed Mr. Franjieh refused to recognize the appointment.

Syria's ethnic and religious diversity also makes it vulnerable to exploitation by regional sectarian powers.

Stress-testing ideas about military tactics, infrastructure planning, sectarian power-brokering and political allegiances — plus a host of other metrics — underscores the need for creative and collaborative thinking, but also highlights that there is no magic bullet or single solution.

But as Iran's Lebanese ally, Hizbullah, turned their weapons inward, in what some perceived as a sectarian power-grab, and Iran was increasingly judged to be fueling sectarian strife in several Arab countries, attitudes changed.