Sentence examples for sectarian use from inspiring English sources

In the Puranas the syllable is put to sectarian use; thus, the Shaivites mark the lingam, or sign of Shiva, with the symbol for om, whereas the Vaishnavites identify the three sounds as referring to a trinity composed of Vishnu, his wife Shri (Lakshmi), and the worshipper.

But since God has much broader meaning than any merely sectarian use, the presence of this word in the public square can be justified even under the principle of government religious neutrality.

Some older sectarians used aggressive tactics against the younger movementists, reducing at least one to tears.

According to the Iraqi investigation, about 150 members of the ministry's protection service were used to carry out the sectarian attacks, using ministry identity badges and ambulances.

"In every case, the sectarian terrorism uses the Iran question as an excuse to slaughter us," Sagheer told worshipers during Friday prayers at Baghdad's Buratha mosque.

Violent, radically sectarian groups used suicide-bombs and tit-for-tat atrocities to pitch Iraq into full-scale civil war under the hapless noses of America's troops.

They see anti-Ba'athist legislation, supposedly directed against leading members of the Ba'ath Party that ruled Iraq from 1968 to 2003, as a sectarian weapon used to take away the jobs and pensions of Sunni teachers and minor civil servants.

"a hashish-eater, one addicted to hashish," both forms in Arabic being applied to the Ismaili sectarians, who used to intoxicate themselves with hashish or hemp, when preparing to dispatch some king or public man.

2091, set out limitations on grants as regards sectarian or religious use.

"They talk about Iran, sectarian warfare — they use common words and they never discuss.

The mainstream Sunni party, the Future Movement, led by the powerful Sidon-based family of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister assassinated in 2005, has often condemned the cleric's sectarian rhetoric and use of arms, though Hezbollah supporters accuse the party of secretly backing him.