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In the past he has invoked sectarianism by targeting the Alevis, who practise a liberal form of Shia Islam, to shore up AK's Sunni base.

He was joined by legislators from President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing party, including the minister of agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, who declared that Quick "had fallen into sectarianism" by removing pork from its restaurants.

In Iraq, Iran has fostered sectarianism by aiding fellow Shiites in powerful militias, including renegade cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq's Badr Brigades, which were originally trained in Iran, U.S. officials say.

Most damningly, many Bahrainis believe that elements within the regime have deliberately stoked sectarianism, by fanning Sunni fears of an Iranian-backed Shia lunge for power.Even so, the main Shia-based opposition party, Al Wifaq, is presenting a platform that largely eschews sectarian griping.

The Other Saudis: Shiism Dissent and Sectarianism, by Toby Matthiesen, 2015.

Mr Salmond, who aims to pass new legislation to tackle sectarianism by the end of the year, described the meeting as "positive and productive".

Today, their movement is fueled by a Pashtun sectarianism aggrieved by a government In Kabul dominated by their traditional Tajik and Uzbek rivals whom we installed in power -- except for our Karzai, himself a Pashtun.

Is the city being destroyed by sectarianism (principally engineered by the Hindu ultranationalist Shiv Sena faction) or by the general push and pull of a bustling, heterogeneous society?

Opponents say the government itself has fueled sectarianism, first by favoring Mr. Assad's Alawite sect, now by using code words like "Wahhabis" and "Al Qaeda" to blame the Sunni Muslim majority for the violence.

The sense of solidarity that has characterized Israeli society since the founding of the state is fraying, while sectarianism, orchestrated by Netanyahu, is on the rise.

Ms. del Ponte was speaking as the United Nations Human Rights Council commission investigating Syria, of which she is a member, reported that violence in Syria was worsening, "aggravated by increasing sectarianism" and radicalized by the increasing presence of foreign fighters.