Sentence examples for sectarian thing from inspiring English sources

It wasn't a sectarian thing.

It is not a sectarian thing.

"The government created the sectarian thing," he said, meaning that the political parties formed along ethnic or religious lines, formalizing the division.

For one thing, sectarian tension between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon - as in other countries - portends a terrifying fate that a mere spark could unleash.

He used to assume that political and sectarian conflicts were things that happened in faraway places, he added, and writing about Northern Ireland granted him access to a place that seemed closer to home.

At least 220 people have been killed since the observers arrived.In this section Patience and steady nerves required Iran's warning No end in sight Jangling sectarian nerves Might things get better for once?

It was 15 years later that Ethiopia invaded Somalia with American support to unseat an Islamist government in Mogadishu, the seaside capital that has long been a wreck.In this section Patience and steady nerves required Iran's warning No end in sight Jangling sectarian nerves Might things get better for once?

Syrians can basically be divided into three groups, Mr. Hussein said: Some people think the government will not be shaken and will continue as always; some think the violence will grind on in a stalemate for years; and some worry about foreign intervention and the possibility that the country will collapse like Libya, but with fierce sectarian fighting making things much worse.

This was swiftly followed by a warning from Washington that any attempt to close the 35-mile-wide strait would "not be tolerated".In this section Patience and steady nerves required Iran's warning No end in sight Jangling sectarian nerves Might things get better for once?

Mahmoun Homsi, a former member of parliament, now a dissident in exile, has said to the dismay of fellow opposition figures that Syria would be "the graveyard of the Alawites", unless they change sides.In this section Patience and steady nerves required Iran's warning No end in sight Jangling sectarian nerves Might things get better for once?

"The idea is to increase the sense on the street that we oppose sectarian politics; if things remain as they are, Iraq will fragment, partition," said Maysoon Dumluji, a member of Parliament from Mosul who is close to Mr. Pachachi and is involved in the talks.