Sentence examples for sectarian preferences from inspiring English sources
Mr Obama earlier said Mr Maliki and the Iraqi leadership face a test as to whether "they are able to set aside their suspicions, their sectarian preferences for the good of the whole".
He wanted to end sectarian religious preferences in law, but he generously honored a public role for religion.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has voiced support for Kurdish statehood, taking a position that appears to clash with the US preference to keep sectarian war-torn Iraq united.
"What we thought would provide democratic choices ended up as an expression of demographic preferences" that deepened the sectarian and ethnic divide, Malley added.
But a sectarian agenda, McConnell-style hardball, and a preference for working quickly and in secret have broken all trust between the legislative majority and its opponents.
Religious preference was avoided as much as possible, with the aim of minimizing sectarian conflict.
It is unclear which groups will lose aid because U.S. help is being steered toward religious minorities, or whether the preference will fuel future tensions in a country already deeply divided along sectarian lines.
This decision eliminates that preference and allows clergy to come in to the halls of government to promote a sectarian viewpoint.
Sectarian tensions are rising.
Sectarian conflict has reemerged.
