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Diem neutralized the religious sects by the expedient of having Lansdale use C.I.A. funds to buy them off.

"But since there were attacks on the villages of Shiites, Christians and other sects by the Syrian rebels, resulting in massacres, we have been involved in some activities on the logistics level".

The country's fragile political system splits power in rough thirds between its three largest sects, by means of rules stipulating that the president should be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni and the speaker of parliament a Shia Muslim.

Some forms of yoga are regarded as dangerous sects by the Russian Orthodox church, which also warns that sects hide behind good deeds, but there were no widely publicized protests over Mr. Shankar's tour from either the church or Muslim leaders in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan in central Russia.

2. The Council also noted that abuse of religious leaders and holy figures of other faiths and sects by other clerics contributed to religious fanaticism in the country.

As a self-appointed local "peacekeeper" in the district of Rajanpur, she mediates between Sunni and Shia sects by convening meetings with religious leaders to discuss peace and security.

"They know your sect by your family name," he said.

Basava helped to spread the Lingayat sect by teaching and by dispersing funds to Lingayat guilds.

For this, they have often been branded as devil worshipers, which has justified historical oppression of the sect by extremist Muslims.

(Mr. Weiner once aided the Munkacs sect by getting the State Department to help secure Jewish grave sites in the town of Munkacz, Ukraine).

By Sylvia Coburn and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, July 4 , 1936P. 7 A lady used to employ a colored maid named Emma, who is known in Father Divine's sect by the heavenly name of So Sweet.