Sentence examples for sectarian relationship from inspiring English sources
It seems that while a lot of Old Firm fans are keen to dismiss their sectarian relationship as irrelevant to the independence debate and will vote on pragmatic grounds, the old rivalry will hold sway over a fair few voters.
A cleric in Najaf, Sheik Majid al-Najafi, said the day's violence had represented an effort to fracture the country along sectarian lines and unsettle Iraq's relationship with Iran.
In the past, sectarian rivalries have colored the broader Anglo-Irish relationship, and both sides have long historical memories of a past characterized by war and turbulent relations dating from the 12th-century invasion by King Henry II of England.
She hoped to write a simple romantic story, but it shaped out to be a relationship drama in the backdrop of sectarian violence.
And in a CNN interview, he vowed to fix the main problem facing the country: "a torn relationship in the Iraqi community with all of the sectarian and ethnic backgrounds".
Evidenced in the relationships that define the Syrian civil war, a toxic mix of sectarian hatred and political ambition is infecting the region.
His jovial relationship with McGuinness was a cathartic expression of the broader process of defusing decades of sectarian suspicion.
The execution has worsened the kingdom's already hostile relationship with Iran, turning the Nimr case into one that dangerously combines both state and sectarian rivalry – writ large across the Middle East in proxy wars in Syria and Yemen and tensions in Lebanon and Iraq.
Sectarian violence sometimes erupts over disputes on issues related to church building, religious conversions and interfaith relationships.
This relationship between the clandestine and armed wings of the resistance formed the basis of the non-sectarian "national unity" strategy developed in the 1980s by Xanana Gusmão.
The Shia militia's relationship with Iran is a worry for Washington, which sees it as potentially destabilising and deepening Iraq's sectarian divide.
