| 单词 | sectarian |
| 例句 | The sectarian churches came in swinging, cocky and loud and confident. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Forging a more inclusive government in Baghdad may be the only way to stem the tide of sectarian violence. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z As she grows older, the balance slides toward understandable teenage heartache in the face of relentless sectarian unrest, and the writing doesn’t always remain as taut. Geraldine Hughes Returns to New York With ‘Belfast Blues’ 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z But the summit is being held as Sunni Arab powers and Shi'ite Iran increasingly jockey for influence in the Middle East, split along sectarian lines over Syria's crisis and Western sanctions on Tehran. Iraq hosts Arab summit, seeking regional role 2012-03-29T13:31:04Z The concrete walls and armed checkpoints, put up during the American occupation at the height of the sectarian violence, remain in place. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z The modern borders of the Middle East were thus set, with little regard for local concerns, thereby sowing the seeds of future ethnic and sectarian conflict. Tales of spring and winter 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z You’re wrong about only one thing in your letter and that’s your fear that I might not understand those dark days of terror and sectarian violence. My ex told me years ago she’d been abused. Is it too late to help? | Dear Mariella 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He also used terrorism to change the battlefield, fomenting sectarian hatred between the Shiites and the disenfranchised and increasingly bitter Sunnis, guaranteeing more chaos and discrediting the electoral process. Review: ‘Black Flags,’ Tracing the Birth of ISIS 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z In Britain, the film is evocative of the sectarian violence that afflicted Northern Ireland in the 1980s; some of the death scenes were said to be based on police records. The In-Your-Face Films of Alan Clarke 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z As we rounded the corner, the building came into view, but it had been turned into a pile of bricks and debris by a sectarian bomb. Witnessing the Moon Landing in Ireland, at the Start of the Troubles 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z This was the beginning of the end of the worst of the sectarian killings. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z Indeed, Portnoy’s chapter on the madcap sectarian battles occasioned by the Miss Judea beauty contest of 1929 is itself a gem of comic writing with a ferocious kicker worthy of either of the Brothers Singer. The Good Kind of Schmaltz 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z I travelled to the city many times in the late 90s to photograph the sectarian marches there. Shooting from the Hipstamatic: how I wised up to my smartphone's potential 2013-03-01T15:58:35Z The film is a metaphoric reflection of the ecological and sectarian threats posed to the natural world. Review: A Must-Hear Maestro Leads ‘Requiem’ at the Shed 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Arab states have never been more in crisis than they are today, whether they have been destabilized by outside intervention, sectarian strife, religious extremism, or the demands of fed-up citizens. The Novel After the Arab Spring 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z Interested in the sectarian conflict raging in Northern Ireland then, he decamped to Belfast to try his hand as a freelance foreign correspondent. Ta-Ta to ‘Teetering Tabloids’: Keith Kelly Signs Off 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z The hardest years," she explains, like everyone, "were during the sectarian war. Iraq war 10 years on: 'My brother was tortured and held without charge for 40 days' 2013-03-17T00:00:04Z From 1975 to 1990, the world watched as Beirut was decimated by a complex, sectarian civil war that left, by some estimates, 150,000 people dead and a million Lebanese displaced. This Is the Beirut We Wish You Could See 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The debate is back in the spotlight more than a century later, prompted by who knows what – the advent of space travel, the ecological crisis, sectarian conflicts, a rise in Christian fundamentalism? Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The truce, which coincided with Rubens’s return, was a period of rebuilding, as artists, politicians and Catholic leaders worked together to consolidate spiritual and sectarian ideology in an exuberant display of Counter-Reformation messaging. Review | Rubens had it all — fame, fortune, good looks. But you can’t hate him. 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z He has a history of making provocative films, the most famous of which is 2004's Black Friday, telling the story of the 1993 Mumbai bombings and the sectarian rivalry behind them. The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z The first Gulf War and a decade of sanctions led him to start a body of work that he continued with the 2003 American-led invasion and the subsequent sectarian violence. Painting the Arab World, From Afar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “Nothing like sectarian and gender issues to get people distracted in Saudi Arabia,” she writes. Books of The Times: ‘Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution’: Essays From 8 Nations 2013-12-30T21:05:36Z In February, the country suffered its bloodiest outbreak of sectarian violence in years. A Terrorist Attack Sparks the Plot of Megha Majumdar’s Powerful Debut Novel 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Olympia and her brother Nicanor, a Roman proconsul, are dealing with this pesky sectarian cult following some Jewish prophet murdered in Jerusalem. CD reviews: Exhuming an operatic ‘Herculanum.’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z An initial decision not to make $20 payments to former army members proved fatal, from which point the US found itself playing catch-up as the country descended into violent, well-armed sectarian war. TV highlights 05/06/2013 2013-06-05T06:00:05Z She snared an exclusive interview with Robert Kennedy just before he was assassinated and wrote profiles of Catholic women in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the sectarian strife that turned into Bloody Sunday. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Others view it as a regional sectarian war between Muslims, fuelled by the proxy conflict between Iran’s Shia rulers on one side and on the other the Sunni states of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. Divided country, divided narratives 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Apart from any theory, the events of the story leave a vivid impression of the opportunistic mythmaking, sectarian conflict and pragmatic greed at the heart of these religious systems. From City to Jungle, a New Novel Summons the Politics and History of Two Islands 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z “I shared a dream with these people of how to build a country. When it became so sectarian, when it became ethnic cleansing, I could no longer think about the dream of rebuilding the country.” Painting the Arab World, From Afar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Mennonites, a traditionally sectarian Christian denomination, trace their roots to the Anabaptist wing of the Protestant Reformation. A Simple Life 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Maliki in December sought the arrest of one Sunni leader and asked lawmakers to sideline another Sunni deputy in measures that fuelled regional worries Iraq might once again slide into broad sectarian violence. Iraq hosts Arab summit, seeking regional role 2012-03-29T13:31:04Z Relations between Belfast’s sectarian neighborhoods remain strained, however. Decades after ‘Troubles,’ Belfast blooms with history, resilience 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z "The attacks aimed to spark sectarian strife among the Iraqi people, and to prevent the Arab League meeting from being held," Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said. Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears 2012-02-23T12:01:05Z Along the way, he encounters maimed and mutilated victims of sectarian violence. Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z It was Zarqawi who deliberately transformed the conflict into a sectarian war against Shias to provoke a violent response that would, in turn, rally the Sunni world. Rolling into town 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The batwara dream ballet arises when Dubey’s grandmother invokes India’s great sectarian split as a way to warn her grandson against such division. ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Lifted Moods Onscreen. How About Onstage? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z So the centennial observation of the Rising happened in Dublin last week, complete with speeches, parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and the kinds of Irish sectarian disputes that are nearly impossible to explain to outsiders. How a failed rebellion changed the world: The Easter Rising’s strange centennial 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The thuggery is fed by other deeply lurking tensions, sectarian and socioeconomic, which burst noisily in the open before returning to a subterranean simmer. Violence, Camouflaged: Portraits of Lebanese Women 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “Irishmen permitted tenancies as estate workers often resented the sectarian intolerance, anti-democratic politics and the pretense of social elitism of their putative colonizers,” said Ruan O’Donnell, senior professor of history at the University of Limerick. Sale of Old Masters Sets Off an Outcry in Ireland 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Encourage free schools, and resolve that not one dollar, appropriated for their support, shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian schools. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z Just opened, it is the biggest, boldest Macbeth of them all: an adaptation that turns Shakespeare's play into a jarring response to sectarian violence and war in the Middle East, performed in Polish with surtitles. 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z In “Belfast,” Branagh revisits his childhood in the early 1960s, when sectarian violence between Irish Unionists and Republicans spilled into his once-safe-and-secure street. At Middleburg, the pandemic pause yields a crop of thoughtful, deeply personal movies 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Mennonites, seen here in Indian Creek, Belize, are a traditionally sectarian Christian denomination. Famous Photographs of Fabulous People 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Daood says the new staging transfers the traditional story to present day Iraq, where violence is fueled by sectarian divisions between Sunni and Shia Muslims. New `Romeo and Juliet' has an Iraqi spin 2012-04-25T20:31:16Z Still others place the blame on Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who has fanned sectarian tensions by denying Sunnis a greater role in the country’s government. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z This endurance was due, in many ways, to the significance of Iraq and Syria in the early political and sectarian history of Islam. Iraq and Syria’s Poetic Borders 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Born in 1974, she grew up in Bangor, a small town outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the sectarian conflict that is known as “the Troubles.” For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “The Insult,” set in Beirut, is about a verbal slanging match between two individuals that leads to a highly publicised trial highlighting the sectarian tensions simmering in Lebanese society. Middle Eastern filmmakers celebrate historic Oscar nominations 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z They were more comfortable with the Jefferson approach, which sought to limit the role of government, than with the Adams approach, which was far more sectarian than that of Washington and Jefferson. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z After World War I, for example, countries like Britain and France and Russia constructed the modern Middle East, for reasons of self-interest and without concerns for sectarian rivalries. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z What seemed to bother viewers most was the trailer’s almost exclusive focus on Americans, signaling that the film might reduce Lebanon’s complicated, sectarian civil war to a flashy backdrop for Mr. Hamm. ‘Beirut’ Trailer Was Supposed to Thrill. Instead It Offended. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z There are various losses and redemptions, from the American civil war to the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland and to the financial crisis of our own present moment. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann – review 2013-05-26T13:00:01Z Last year, Lebanon gained its first nomination for a foreign language Oscar with “The Insult” by Ziad Doueiri, a film that examines Lebanon’s sectarian tensions through a street argument that leads to a trial. Lebanese director credits street children actors for Oscar nod 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The short answer is that I think the problems we are seeing throughout the Muslim world—jihadism, sectarian conflict, and all the attendant talk of Muslim “humiliation”—are almost entirely religious. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It is politically unstable, rife with sectarian violence, and enmeshed in a never-ending conflict with India. ‘The Bargain from the Bazaar’: A Pakistani family’s struggle 2014-03-07T19:49:11Z For a concerto representing a subculture of a subculture — Scottish Roman Catholics — “The Mysteries of Light” unveils far more than sectarian mysteries. The global implications for a Scottish piano concerto based on the Rosary 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z 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. Anthony Marra on ‘A Constellation of Vital Phenomena’ 2013-05-29T20:47:38Z When has that ever been the case with sectarian militants? 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Call Him Swordcatcher 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z That they are also living in a place riven by sectarian violence is background noise, an intractable complication of daily life. ‘Derry Girls’: And Now Their Troubles Are Ended 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Although the worst of the violence was long past by the time they were conscious of the world, they grew up thinking that an army presence, sectarian murals and bomb scares were normal. How Two Door Cinema Club became shock blockbusters 2010-12-16T22:55:01Z Lebanon’s 1970-1990 civil war splintered the country along sectarian lines and opened fissures within its Christian and Muslim communities. Play depicts Lebanon as building at risk of collapse 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Instead of feuding over theology, Ghattas shows, Saudi Arabia and Iran transformed latent religious divisions into weapons wielded in the pursuit of political power, by cultivating and often arming sectarian militias across the region. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Iraq, though still fissured by sectarian violence, is less volatile than four years ago; US troops, clearly referenced in this production, withdrew last December; and there's much more to Shakespeare's play than war. 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z He filed dispatches from Belfast at the height of the sectarian Troubles, and from the battlefields of Vietnam. Pete Hamill ‘Ain’t Done Yet’ 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z But the financial benefit might actually pale compared with a more existential one in a place that for decades was known internationally mostly for sectarian violence. ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Ending. But You Can Still Visit Westeros. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Some of the books touch on challenging issues like the rise of the Islamic State and the sectarian rift between Sunnis and Shias. Children’s Authors Take On the Refugee Crisis 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z At the time and for more than 10 years later, a particularly vicious sort of sectarian terror was general all over Ulster. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z They are militants, part of a “students liberation front” that fractures along predictable sectarian lines. Movie Review: ‘Something in the Air,’ directed by Olivier Assayas 2013-05-02T23:51:05Z Much to Gandhi's dismay, the event also sets off horrific sectarian violence, culminating in his assassination in 1948. 'Great Soul': Joseph Lelyveld tells Mahatma Gandhi's larger-than-life story 2011-04-06T22:21:04Z “The play talks about a lot of contradictions and struggles in our Lebanese societies, about the sectarian conflicts, the system’s conflicts,” he said. Play depicts Lebanon as building at risk of collapse 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The movie is set against the sectarian violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a year that opened with the tarring and feathering of several men by the Irish Republican Army. Review: In ‘ ’71,’ Young, Green and Behind Enemy Lines 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Many fear that the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic will inflame sectarian tensions and threaten stability. In ‘Derry Girls,’ the Lighter Side of Life in a Conflict Zone 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In time, sectarian conflict would sweep across Iraq, introducing an era Iraqis call the sectarian war, which pitted the Shia militias that had infiltrated the police against their Sunni rivals. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z In the midst of intense sectarian conflict Hypatia persists in trying, centuries before Kepler and Galileo, to understand the laws that govern the motions of the planets. | 'Agora': Rachel Weisz in a Tale of Ancient Egypt 2010-05-27T22:24:00Z In Room for Debate: Instead of putting out fires after each sectarian clash, can world leaders address the sources of violent extremism? The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-01-23T16:19:39Z The line may have been reductive, but “Imagine no sectarian divisions” doesn’t sing quite as easily. Review | Revisiting ‘Imagine,’ in John Lennon’s own words and pictures 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Schlafly’s fight was the birth of the modern culture war, in which ideologues seek concrete gains by pushing sectarian buttons. ‘Mrs. America’ Review: The Voice of an E.R.A. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He believes that Islam will overtake the West because its adherents are more numerous and intense, a prediction that ignores the realities of oil dependence, anti-modernity and sectarian strife. Three Authors Consider Contemporary Politics, Anxiously 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In a frightened community, riven by sectarian violence, it’s even harder to confront the perpetrators. My ex told me years ago she’d been abused. Is it too late to help? | Dear Mariella 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z I need a drink, but those bars at the entrance are probably for warders only, and even they are divided along sectarian lines. The Glasgow International impact zone 2010-04-19T20:30:00Z The novel opens around 1600, when England has enjoyed a long period of domestic respite from sectarian turmoil. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The country was then just sliding toward cruel economic chaos, while the fierce military surge in Iraq was failing to end the raging sectarian bloodletting among Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds unleashed by the American invasion. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Lasting political and social transformation will be further complicated in many countries by high levels of unemployment, a pervasive lack of education and sectarian and ethnic divisions. Books of The Times: Upheaval and Hope in a Land of Turmoil 2011-08-01T23:00:10Z Aggressive sectarian murals are slowly being repainted with scenes celebrating heritage — less carnage, more culture. Decades after ‘Troubles,’ Belfast blooms with history, resilience 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Instead of putting out fires after each sectarian clash, can world leaders address the sources of violent extremism? The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-01-23T16:19:39Z He also shared anecdotes about Boole, mathematical logic, and the sectarian conflict of his day. ArtsBeat: Google and the Victorians: The History Goes Way Back 2010-12-03T22:49:00Z Strangely, though, these experiences made me less rather more than sectarian. A life in writing: Jack Higgins 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z It’s no spoiler to say that these folks are sectarian fanatics into mind control and murder. Scary Movies for When the World Is a Fright 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Through Davy, Cushla sees the perils of childhood, not only sectarian violence, but also a predatory priest, whispering secrets into Davy’s ear, punishing him for sins never committed, and offering “private catechism.” In Northern Ireland During the Troubles, a Secret Romance 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Burly, affable and self-deprecating, he puts a warm face on a region too well known for sectarian violence. Theater Review: ‘The Boat Factory,’ Directed by Philip Crawford 2013-06-10T20:27:44Z They did, of course, and with good reason: in 2005, some 30,000 Iraqis were killed in a blizzard of sectarian violence. TV review: Mad Men and Secret Iraq 2010-10-07T07:00:00Z He had a keen sense of the pain of the Northern Irish conflict, including the sectarian murder of a young cousin, but showed no desire to become a foot-soldier. A display of digging 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z A great art historical discovery only divides the characters; several of them invoke the Tower of Babel story to suggest that humans will always fall into sectarian factions. David Edgar’s ‘Pentecost,’ Revived by PTP/NYC 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Channel 4 Is Nigeria's sectarian violence really down to a Muslim-Christian clash? Unreported World | Das Rheingold | Ashes to Ashes | The Door and more | Watch this 2010-04-02T05:45:00Z The center is built on the site of a former headquarters of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the British police force that occupied a contentious place in Northern Ireland during the sectarian violence. Celebrating Seamus Heaney’s Legacy, at His Birthplace 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z When local teens install an antenna, the nightly newscasts pluck the village from its isolation and fill them in on the sectarian strife that's flared up in other parts of the country. Lebanon's Nadine Labaki puts women in forefront 2011-05-19T18:28:08Z If sectarian apologists for terror have down the years lent the Belfast accent a familiar quality of understated menace, the opener of this five-part series expertly sourced that association without overtly playing on it. Rewind TV: The Fall; The Murder Workers; Skint; Made in Chelsea – review 2013-05-18T17:00:05Z After the U.S.-led coalition invaded in 2003 and toppled Saddam, movie archives and equipment were looted, and later sectarian violence drained the country of artistic talent. After dark years, lights coming back on for Iraqi cinema 2012-11-14T14:04:37Z The city, which is also called Londonderry by unionists who want the region to remain part of the United Kingdom, was a unique maelstrom of sectarian violence and adolescent angst in the 1990s. In ‘Derry Girls,’ the Lighter Side of Life in a Conflict Zone 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z George Arbid, director of the Beirut-based Arab Center for Architecture, said that it pointed to lingering sectarian rivalry in the city. Beirut skyline captures religious rivalry and harmony 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Dogs are neither theist nor atheist, sectarian nor agnostic. Sick of forced gratitude, phony traditions? Take a lesson from Rover 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z But then a wave of murderous sectarian violence sweeps through New Delhi. ‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “Instead of feuding over theology, Ghattas shows, Saudi Arabia and Iran transformed latent religious divisions into weapons wielded in the pursuit of political power, by cultivating and often arming sectarian militias across the region.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z But I’d wager a good chunk of Galactic Credits that the galaxy was thrown into sectarian chaos, with pockets of peace and prosperity as well as planet-slums run by warlords and Imperial loyalists. The Most Shocking Revelation in the New Star Wars Trailer 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The country’s history also is part of the mystery: The missing vanished just before the 1998 peace agreement to end Northern Ireland’s entrenched sectarian violence. New this week: ‘Cherry,’ ‘Bloodlands,’ Nick Jonas & Grammys 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z In August 2012, I was able to speak with a leading figure of the FSA and the tribal groups, discussing the state of sectarian relations and the importance of avoiding civil war. The Syrian revolution has changed me as a writer 2013-05-03T09:00:02Z When he started learning about Chechnya, what interested him were the stories of people who were neither political nor sectarian. Anthony Marra on ‘A Constellation of Vital Phenomena’ 2013-05-29T20:47:38Z Another important separationist, according to FitzGerald, was J. Gresham Machen, expelled from the Presbyterian general assembly for his strict and sectarian screeds against both theological liberalism and spreading fundamentalism. With God on Their Side: How Evangelicals Entered American Politics 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Mburu believes education is the key to solving the political and sectarian conflicts that rip up so much of Africa. How one act of generosity led to a Kenyan miracle ? and a Sundance film 2011-04-13T09:00:01Z The paintings in Dee Levinson’s Touchstone Gallery show, “Religions of the World,” began with an epiphany, but it wasn’t a sectarian one. Review | In the galleries: Three local artists explore the transient nature of identity 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The band coupled "Sunday Bloody Sunday," its classic document of deadly sectarian violence, with "Raised by Wolves," about a series of car bombings during the same era. U2 is still a can-do band, as its first Forum show amply proves 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “Opera and theater were, and still are, a safe place for open-minded creative people from both communities, a defense against all the sectarian problems,” she added. Beleaguered English National Opera Announces New Artistic Director 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Director Nick Hamm grew up in Northern Ireland where the British government had lured DeLorean to build his factory in a bid to bring economic prosperity to a depressed area riven by deadly sectarian violence. DeLorean film drives back to the futuristic '70s to close Venice... 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Then again this was Belfast in 1977, when the nationalistic, sectarian violence known as the Troubles made retail perilous pretty much everywhere. A Stage Musical About Belfast’s Punk Oasis 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Fanned by newspapers, sectarian tensions increased to the point where a banal incident involving the theft of some grapes was enough to trigger a murderous street brawl between Arabs and Jews. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-05-08T10:30:01Z Often people are very carefully secular because they think that that will make them the intermediate person between religions—that they will excuse themselves from being sectarian. Marilynne Robinson talks religion, fear and the American spirit: “The left, at a basic level, lost courage, because they don’t know how to deal with the proclaimed religiosity of the other side” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z There’s one fairly arcane scene in the new film, set in an anti-Catholic nightclub, where highly sectarian Protestant patrons are obsessed with the 1690 Battle of the Boyne. The ‘Trainspotting’ junkies are back, but it’s more than drugs that are eating at them. 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z A recent collection in Arabic called "The Paradise Beneath Your Feet" is a meditation on mothers losing their sons in Iraq's sectarian killings, executions, mass graves and wars. Blogs, videos and verse: an Iraqi poet's quest to heal her homeland 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z But they also included French Protestant refugees who had escaped the Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and other sectarian persecutions and had been welcomed and supported by fervent English Calvinists like Elizabeth. Brush with the Bard is backdrop for story of powerful early modern woman 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z For example, during the Troubles — the 30-year conflict that wracked Northern Ireland — so-called “peace walls” went up all over Belfast to separate the two sectarian communities: Catholic Nationalists and Protestant Unionists. In Europe’s border walls, a divided history and a united future 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z "What is required today is for all the parties with sectarian differences to sit down and reach understandings," Rajab said. Bahrain opens Arabian Nights-themed national theatre 2012-11-13T17:04:11Z The restoration project launched last month is the first of its kind in hardscrabble Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city more often known in recent years for sectarian and other violence. Closed for decades, theater returns to Lebanon’s Tripoli 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Or will Jerusalem be miraculously rid of sectarian division, its barricades levitating into space and replaced, perhaps, with Dubai-like skyscrapers or a rash of commercial branding? UFOs and hope: films probe "future" Jerusalem 2011-01-04T11:25:01Z In a world where sectarian and cultural divides seem more and more acute, Americans are increasingly prone to the fleeting comforts of the cross-demographic spectacle. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Several companies offer tours of the more well-known mural sites and sectarian neighborhoods. The murals on Belfast’s ‘peace walls’ offer an illustrated history of the Troubles 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland suffered through three decades of sectarian violence that was ended by a 1998 peace accord. UK's Prince Harry and fiancee Meghan delight crowds in Belfast 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z We came back in October 2008, when the sectarian war was ending. Iraq war 10 years on: 'My brother was tortured and held without charge for 40 days' 2013-03-17T00:00:04Z Given the fact that Iraq’s society has been fractured by sectarian divisions for centuries, it’s unlikely that any military solution will prevail. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z For four years I kept returning, to cover the first elections and then the first wave of sectarian killings that started in the Baghdad suburbs. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z “T2” never strays too far from laughs, most memorably in an exhilarating sequence that sends Renton and Simon to plunder a private club where partying Protestants belt out sectarian ditties. Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’: Once Defiantly Wretched, Now Worn Down 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “The Insult,” set in Beirut, is about a verbal slanging match between two individuals that leads to a highly publicised trial highlighting the sectarian tensions simmering in Lebanese society. Middle Eastern filmmakers celebrate historic Oscar nominations 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z But the sensitive, sectarian governing formula has often come under heavy strain as a result of competing agendas and failed to prevent bloodshed. Top Iraq court ends parliament speaker Halbousi's term -state media 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The "clean up your act or we will be forced to step in" mantra has been used for many years - on issues ranging from sectarian singing, to pyrotechnics, to general offensive behaviour. Football regulation: What does it mean for the Scottish game? 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z “And it imposes a sectarian religious agenda on all of those attending.” School board prayer policy violates Constitution, atheist group claims 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z But Lebanon's authorities have proved far less accommodating, wary of upsetting the country's combustible sectarian mix. Gaza war revives past trauma for Lebanon's Palestinian refugees 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Lebanon is suffering from an economic crisis dating back years, and political infighting has left the country without a functioning government or president, while sectarian divisions have been exacerbated. Residents leave as tension grows at Israel-Lebanon border 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The police have said that a sectarian hate crime motivation is one line of inquiry. Londonderry: Attack on woman's home 'was because I'm Catholic' 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Some other Lebanese, he said, have abandoned faith because of “sectarian fanaticism” and the exploitation of religion in politics. Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The 24-year-old’s generation witnessed the U.S.-led invasion, militancy, sectarian violence, the brutal reign of the Islamic State and increasing clout of militias. Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Like many other people I interviewed for the series, his parents' early lives unfolded as British and French rule sparked years of conflict and sectarian upheaval in the region. The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle East 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Parades in two North American cities have featured displays celebrating episodes of brutal sectarian violence in India. Modi’s Hindu Nationalism Stokes Tension in Indian Diaspora 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The failure to elect a president has deepened sectarian tensions in Lebanon, already mired in one of the world's worst economic crises and facing unprecedented political paralysis, with its cabinet only partially empowered. Lebanon risks being 'ostracised' if presidential vacuum lingers -French envoy 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The 24-year-old is part of a generation that has witnessed the U.S.-led invasion, sectarian violence, the brutal reign of the Islamic State and increasing clout of militias. Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z In September last year, it asked Indian citizens to remain cautious while traveling in Canada because of “sharp increase in incidents of hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities” there. India asks citizens to be careful if traveling to Canada as rift escalates over Sikh leader’s death 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The fragile sectarian climate between Christians and Muslims left in the wake of French rule of Lebanon was destabilised with the addition of Palestinian refugees. The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle East 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In the religious realm, it came to stand for toleration and a removal of sectarian passions from public life. Why liberalism drives so many people crazy 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z The breach was particularly sensitive given the delicate security situation in Northern Ireland, which is still trying to overcome decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles.” Northern Ireland police chief resigns after controversies including huge data breach 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The TTP is an umbrella organisation of several Sunni Muslim Islamist and sectarian groups trying to overthrow the government. Islamist militants kill six Pakistani soldiers, army says 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The leak is hugely sensitive in Northern Ireland, where officers are still sporadically targeted by dissident groups in bomb and gun attacks, despite a 1998 peace deal largely ending three decades of sectarian violence. Northern Irish police make another arrest after data breach 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z No sectarian organization of any faith should be allowed to carry out such a court-ordered sanction as a result, he said. Complaint filed over US judge's 'strange' Southwest religious liberty training order 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, police are treating a separate incident in which comments were made by a band member towards a member of the public as a sectarian hate crime. Londonderry: Businessman left unconscious after parade assault 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Last year, the Alliance Party's leader Naomi Long suggested a Kneecap mural, which depicted a burning police van, could groom young children into sectarian hatred. Kneecap at Féile an Phobail: The Irish rappers who want to rile you up 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The incident is particularly sensitive given the delicate security situation in Northern Ireland, which is still trying to overcome decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles.” Northern Ireland’s top police officer apologizes for ‘industrial scale’ data breach 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z And so far there is no sign of the junta venturing down a divisive sectarian path. Niger's coup leader General Tchiani: The ex-UN peacekeeper who seized power 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z In the sectarian violence that has ravaged India's Manipur state, women have been victims of brutal attacks. Lawmakers want US to address security concerns about Chinese cellular modules 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Dark humour is deployed even on the toughest topics such as civil war, sectarian fighting, immigration and terrorism. Jordan's free speech boundaries tested with satire 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z For Lebanon, it means another key post will officially sit empty, hostage to the breakdown in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing politics that has already driven chaos in most functions of the state. Lebanon's central bank faces uncertainty without appointment of new governor 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The central bank leadership is appointed according to the sectarian power-sharing system that governs other top posts. Deputy Lebanon central bank governors' threat to collectively resign 'dangerous' -deputy PM 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The theocons have always leaned heavily in a specific sectarian direction that is at first sight counterintuitive. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In Lebanon, family members of some 17,000 people kidnapped by sectarian militias during its 1975-1990 civil war are dying of old age, never knowing the fate of their loved ones. Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new U.N. push to find loved ones 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The logjam comes as no surprise in a country with a sectarian political system that has lurched from crisis to crisis since independence, often prompting intervention by foreign powers with influence over rival groups. Analysis: Lebanon awaits foreign push out of political impasse 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z England’s most harassed soccer player: James McClean has been a target for sectarian abuse for more than a decade — yet very little is said or done about it. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The U.S. invasion in 2003 unleashed a vicious sectarian war that engulfed Iraq. 20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Not all lawmakers opposed to Hezbollah support Azour’s candidacy and some see him as representing sectarian parties. Lebanese lawmakers fail in yet another attempt to elect president, end power vacuum 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z With the presidency reserved for a Maronite Christian, the standoff also risks exacerbating sectarian tensions: Lebanon's two biggest Christian parties have rallied behind Azour, while Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Shi'ite ally Amal oppose him. Analysis: Lebanon's Hezbollah mobilises to block IMF's Azour for presidency 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The tussle over who should fill the Maronite Christian presidency pits the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies against rivals including the main Christian groups, giving it a clear sectarian edge. Analysis: Lebanon awaits foreign push out of political impasse 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden had urged him to strike that deal in time for the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in the North. Sunak to Talk Tech With Biden, but the War in Ukraine Is Likely to Surface 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z But rather than break a political deadlock in the North, Sinn Fein’s striking gains may harden the sectarian divide that has long complicated its fragile government. Sinn Fein Surges in Local Elections, Revealing a Divided Northern Ireland 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Sexton believes these forces have turned us from partisans to sectarians. The truth behind a killing during George Floyd protests — and the lies that made it worse 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Police said both assaults were linked to sectarian conflict. Your Friday Briefing: A Coronation Preview 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The region has a history of sectarian violence and Shiites have often been targeted. 8 Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Including 6 Teachers 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Sinn Fein’s leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, will also be there — a sign of how Northern Ireland’s politics have evolved since the decades of intense sectarian conflict. King Charles coronation guest list: Who is coming and who isn’t 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Wylie said that sectarian divisions had greatly diminished over decades, but that the team retains a distinctive identity. Scotland’s Coronation Day: Charles Souvenirs, Anti-Monarchy Rallies and Shrugs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The Central African Republic, a former French colony to Sudan’s southwest, has been battered by years of rebellion, mismanagement and sectarian violence. Why the fighting in Sudan spells trouble for its neighbors 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Clinton is in Belfast this week to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement ended decades of sectarian bloodshed. Clinton optimistic Northern Ireland govt will be revived 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Experts said that, so far, details of the attacks suggest they were part of a longstanding tribal rivalry that has sectarian dimensions. 8 Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Including 6 Teachers 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Ireland and Northern Ireland at Queen’s University Belfast to mark 25 years since the agreement largely ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed — a moment, Mitchell said, “when history opened itself to hope.” Northern Ireland peacemakers urge end to political impasse 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z At the height of the sectarian butchery following the invasion, I and other photographers rushed to the scenes of suicide bombings, rocket strikes and shootings around Baghdad nearly every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Iraq’s years of carnage still engrained in Baghdad streets 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps fittingly, Mr. Scappaticci’s death conjured one of the darkest, deepest unsolved mysteries of a war, fought publicly and in the shadows, that took more than 3,000 lives in three decades of sectarian bloodletting. Freddie Scappaticci, Who May Have Been British Spy ‘Stakeknife,’ Is Dead 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He focused not on old, sectarian grievances but on the promise of economic investment by U.S. firms if old antagonisms can be set aside. Analysis | Biden in Northern Ireland: A quick mission to do no harm 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z “But if the T.T.P. and other Sunni jihadist groups step into the mix, that raises the risk that we could see something akin to the previous wave of sectarian violence.” 8 Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Including 6 Teachers 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z He began with a brief visit to Belfast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which sought to end decades of sectarian violence. Biden unexpectedly meets priest who administered Beau’s last rites 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The centre encourages witnesses and victims of sectarian abuse to come forward, arranges for volunteers to accompany Christian processions and works with leaders of different faiths in the Old City. Jerusalem Christians say attacks on the rise 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z In 1969, Britain deployed armed forces in Northern Ireland to try to tamp down sectarian violence. Freddie Scappaticci, Who May Have Been British Spy ‘Stakeknife,’ Is Dead 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The presence of "sectarian militias", a reference to pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias led by Hezbollah, was a major concern for Jordan and Arab states, the official added. Jordan pushing Arab peace plan to end Syria conflict 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z According to the police, both assaults had a sectarian undercurrent because Shia and Sunni Muslims in the area have a history of conflict. 8 Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Including 6 Teachers 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z U.S. involvement was key to negotiating the Good Friday accord, which largely ended decades of sectarian violence that killed 3,600 people. Biden to tout economic growth as dividend of Northern Ireland peace 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z However, church leaders say recently there has been more sectarian abuse. Jerusalem Christians say attacks on the rise 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Young masked men threw petrol bombs at police in Derry on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended three decades of sectarian violence. Video shows petrol bombs thrown at Londonderry police 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In Belfast, an estimated 50,000 people from both sides of the sectarian divide watched him deliver a strong message for peace. Factbox: Visits to Ireland by U.S. presidents 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In Belfast, Biden will celebrate the Good Friday Agreement, which was signed 25 years ago and ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Your Tuesday Briefing: China’s Display of Force Around Taiwan 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that largely ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland. Petrol bombs thrown at Northern Irish police on eve of Biden visit 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In Belfast, the president will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Biden Must Tread Rocky Path in Belfast Before Tending His Irish Roots 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In the decades since the Troubles subsided, Northern Ireland has become like many Western countries — a secular society in which the younger generation has little time for the sectarian preoccupations of their parents and grandparents. A Look at Northern Ireland 25 Years After the Peace Accord 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The Good Friday Agreement - signed on April 10, 1998 - largely ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed that had convulsed Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. UK PM Sunak to meet President Biden in Northern Ireland 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Some argue that the power-sharing structure no longer works in a changing Northern Ireland, where more than 40% of people reject the old sectarian labels and identify as neither nationalist nor unionist. Troubles shadow lingers as N Ireland marks 25 years of peace 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It sought to quell sectarian tensions by instituting a government in which power was carefully balanced between unionists and nationalists. In Northern Ireland Town, Painful Memories Lie Beneath a Fragile Peace 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Twenty years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, much of the conflict and sectarian bloodletting it unleashed has subsided. Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq’s turmoil 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Moore, like others Reuters spoke to who were born in 1998, is more interested in issues like equality, housing and social justice than the sectarian politics that still plays out among the region's divided lawmakers. Northern Ireland's 'peace babies' desperate for more progress 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The teens were too young, he noted, to remember “the Troubles” — three decades of sectarian violence that claimed more than 3,600 lives in the late 20th century and left countless more wounded and bereaved. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The teens were too young, he noted, to remember “the Troubles” — three decades of sectarian violence that claimed more than 3,600 lives in the late 20th century and left countless more wounded and bereaved. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Many of the conflict’s symptoms are worsening, from human suffering, industrial-scale drug trafficking, refugee flows, terrorism, geopolitical conflict and ethnic and sectarian hostilities.” Opinion | The Biden administration barely pretends to care about Syria anymore 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Iraqi families are not the only ones left without answers in a region where several countries have been torn apart by war and sectarian strife. Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq’s turmoil 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z "People can see unionism as being outdated, sectarian and homophobic. I am none of those things." Northern Ireland's 'peace babies' desperate for more progress 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to limit sectarian violence. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s located astride one of the “peace walls” that divide neighborhoods in an effort to keep sectarian violence at bay. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Many have identified the compulsory coalition that gives the largest party on either side of the sectarian divide the power to pull down powersharing as a key stumbling block to progress. Architects of Northern Ireland peace see hope beyond Brexit deadlock 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The U.S. overthrow of Iraq’s security forces precipitated a brutal sectarian fight and violent campaigns by Islamic extremist groups in Iraq. Senate poised to vote on repeal of Iraq war powers 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z According to the complaint, the measure “effectively deters religious schools from participating and thereby perpetuates the religious discrimination at the heart of the sectarian exclusion,” which the high court’s 2022 Carson v. Maine law blocking religious schools from tuition payments is ‘poison pill,’ church says in lawsuit 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Unlike some sports, which are divided along sectarian lines, boxing brings out fans from all communities, said the Rev. Bill Shaw, CEO of the 174 Trust, which collaborates closely with the boxing club. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Unlike some sports, which are divided along sectarian lines, boxing brings out fans from all communities, said the Rev. Bill Shaw, CEO of the 174 Trust, which works closely with the boxing club. Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Mikati addressed the sectarian nature of the debates that followed the daylight saving time decision, telling the local Al-Mayadeen channel on Saturday that the state of affairs had reached “disgusting levels.” What time is it? In Lebanon, no one is sure. 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z And in a nation divided mainly between Muslims and Christians with a long history of violent sectarian and religious conflict, the time change decision immediately aggravated those deep rifts. A Battle Over Daylight Saving Time Raises Tensions in Lebanon 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The White House has yet to confirm Mr. Biden’s trip to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Biden Trip to Belfast Stirs Concerns About Slighting Britain’s New King 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr Yousaf was also criticised for tweeting about his "disgust" over a video supposedly showing Rangers players using sectarian language that quickly turned out to be fake. Who is Humza Yousaf, the new SNP leader? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z In some cases, the debate took on a sectarian nature, with many Christian politicians and institutions, including the small nation’s largest church, the Maronite Church, rejecting the move. Daylight savings dispute leaves Lebanon with two time zones 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z He said he regretted “the sectarian direction that the issue of daylight saving time had taken, which had nothing to do with the topic.” What time is it? In Lebanon, no one is sure. 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a "purely administrative procedure" that was being given "an obnoxious sectarian turn". Lebanon has two times of day amid daylight savings dispute 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Officials, residents, and analysts say at least one instance of violence in Diyala appears to be a sectarian reprisal by Shiites against Sunnis over an IS-claimed attack. Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z His dreams, his family, his life had been destroyed by the war he had welcomed, as Iraq deteriorated into a morass of sectarian chaos and corruption. Willful U.S. ignorance on Iraq destroyed my interpreter's dreams, family and life | Trudy Rubin 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The power-sharing system in place since 2003, which divides the state and its institutions along ethnic and sectarian lines, sucks oil wealth into a pool of corruption and patronage. Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “Suddenly,” he said, “some considered the decision a personal challenge and awarded it a dimension I had never imagined. … Such a decision did not necessitate all these hateful sectarian responses.” What time is it? In Lebanon, no one is sure. 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The police said the letter contained sectarian remarks and that the family have received advice from officers. Dáithí's Law: Sectarian letter sent to organ donation campaigners 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In the wake of the invasion, much of Iraq fell into chaos, as occupying American forces fought an insurgency and as multiple political and sectarian communities vied to fill the power vacuum left in Baghdad. Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z An insurgency against the occupation turned into a sectarian civil war. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z It started with an aerial assault to topple Saddam Hussein and became an occupation, then a war against an insurgency and then a sectarian civil war. Your Monday Briefing: Putin and Xi to Meet in Moscow 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z By the time of that meeting, Iraqis had approved a new Constitution and held parliamentary elections that swept Shiite parties to power, and Sunni-Shiite sectarian tensions had escalated. In the U.S.-Led Iraq War, Iran Was the Big Winner 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The weakness of the resulting state invited Iran to enter into the very heart of Iraqi politics and exacerbate sectarian divisions. Opinion | The Iraq War helped destroy what it meant to be an Iraqi 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The conflict soon morphed into a sectarian war, targeting Shiites who, in turn, formed fighting groups of their own. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Iraqis turned against each other as the Americans imposed a system of government that split power along ethnic and sectarian lines - between the country's three main groups, Shia Muslims, Kurds and Sunni Muslims. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z What had started with the United States’ aerial assault and invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, became an occupation, a war against an insurgency, and then a sectarian civil war. In Photos: The Iraq War 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z These young people say sectarian hatred is a thing of the past. 20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z They left the country with a sectarian political system that carved into marble a political power-sharing dynamic between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Opinion | The Iraq War helped destroy what it meant to be an Iraqi 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In Diyala, a sprawling, largely rural province northeast of Baghdad, sectarian fighting still goes on. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z In a queue for diesel in a camp near Mosul, a 48-year-old Sunni named Mohammed, raged against the Shia-led government in Baghdad and against the years of sectarian killing that followed the invasion. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z December 2005: Fighting takes on the character of a sectarian civil war between Shiites and Sunnis, with ethnic cleansing, killings and terror attacks in mixed neighborhoods. Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Conversations begin with bitterness that the ouster of Saddam left the country broken and ripe for violence and exploitation by sectarian militias, politicians and criminals bent on self-enrichment or beholden to other nations. 20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Iraq's death toll mounted, amid car and truck bombs, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombers, beheadings, sectarian death squads and torture chambers. Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Just a week ago, eight people were killed and since January, more than 40 people have died in sectarian killings. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Longer term, the biggest legacy of the invasion for Iraq might be the political system that the Americans instigated, which divides power along ethnic and sectarian lines. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z But that formula often comes under heavy strain as a result of sectarian agendas and fails to prevent bloodshed. Factbox: Who has run Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The Iran-Saudi relationship has been historically fraught and shadowed by a sectarian divide and fierce competition in the region. With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z In 2006, sectarian violence erupted in his predominantly Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad after a bomb attack destroyed a Shi'ite mosque. Iraqis recount their struggles after Saddam Hussein's fall 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Soon Iraq would be engulfed in a sectarian civil war in 2006-2008 mostly between Sunnis and Shi'ites. Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z As exhumations dragged on, more atrocities were committed in sectarian conflict and amid the rise and fall of armed groups, such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State militants, as well as Shi'ite Muslim militias. Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearances 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z He has denied allegations that his sectarian policies pushed Sunnis into the arms of Islamic State. Factbox: Who has run Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z "As always we will continue to work with our local football clubs and the league to address any criminal or sectarian activity linked to people attending matches and ensure that supporters are kept safe." BetMcLean Cup: Six people arrested over Linfield-Coleraine tie disturbance 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Saudi-Iranian differences run deep along sectarian lines, and it will take more than renewed diplomatic relations to mend ties. China’s Role in Iran-Saudi Arabia Deal Shows Xi’s Global Goals 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The Obama administration sought to mend ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, seeing the rivalry as a source of sectarian tension across the region, but made little headway. Iran and Saudi Arabia set to restore ties after mediation by China 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z It set off sectarian warfare and spurred the growth of Al Qaeda in Iraq, later paving the way for the rise of the Islamic State as well. U.S. Defense Secretary Affirms Support for Iraq on Baghdad Visit 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Opponents have accused him of running sectarian death squads following the U.S. invasion, an accusation he denies. Factbox: Who has run Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z There are also concerns about the fragility of peace in Northern Ireland, a region where decades of sectarian violence left thousands dead. Tea and a Photo-Op Put King Charles in Cross Hairs 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “All of the ingredients already exist for near-nationwide sectarian conflict,” he said in an interview. ‘A completely destroyed country’: Earthquake shines spotlight on Syria’s dysfunction, U.S. dilemma 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z That border, which separates Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland to the south and east, is also particularly sensitive because of the history of sectarian violence on the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland’s history makes post-Brexit deal complex 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z These were central to the 1998 peace deal which mostly ended three decades of sectarian and political violence in Northern Ireland. UK's Sunak in Belfast to start selling his new Brexit deal 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z And so they have been boycotting Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, creating paralysis within the executive and assembly in Belfast — while extremists stoke fears of a return to sectarian violence. Britain and E.U. reset relations with new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z E.U. officials worried about the integrity of their open market, and there were concerns about the fragility of peace in a region long plagued by sectarian violence. Your Tuesday Briefing: U.S. Treasury Secretary Visits Kyiv 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Government critics say the sputtering electricity supply is also a result of endemic corruption, rooted in the country’s sectarian power-sharing system that allows political elites to use patronage networks to consolidate power. Iraqi president says country now peaceful, life is returning 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z President Biden has appealed to Mr. Sunak to resolve the dispute over Northern Ireland, saying that the tensions could imperil the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence. U.K. Nears Deal on Northern Ireland Trade, a Brexit Sore Point 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Walsh, the Redoubt Realtor, said he was skeptical of any effort to push sectarian Christian theology on others in the region. ‘Christian patriots’ are flocking from blue states to Idaho 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z It was removed following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which ended 30 years of sectarian strife known as “the Troubles,” between Catholics and Protestants, between Irish republicans and pro-Britain unionists. Britain and E.U. reset relations with new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Conflict erupted amid sectarian rioting in Belfast and elsewhere in the late 1960s, partly triggered by an emerging Catholic civil rights movement. Explainer: What is the Good Friday Agreement and when was it signed? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The creation of that government was a key achievement of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland. Pursuing Deal on Northern Ireland, Sunak Seeks Calmer Waters for U.K. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The sectarian conflict in 2002 — which ended with more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead — began after a train full of Hindus was attacked, allegedly by Muslims, triggering Hindu mobs to seek revenge. Indian government raids BBC offices in wake of documentary critical of Modi 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z There was no evidence, however, that the region was overlooked for sectarian reasons. Grief gives way to anger over Turkey’s earthquake response 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Further to the unionist extreme lies the Loyalist Communities Council, which claims to represent loyalist paramilitary groups, the sectarian opposite of the old IRA. N.Ireland unionists face historic choice as EU, UK near protocol deal 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Here is what is at stake for political stability in the British province that was ravaged by sectarian conflict until a peace deal 25 years ago. Explainer: Why a new post-Brexit deal may deepen N.Ireland's political crisis 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Restoring the government, experts said, was important not just to improve daily life in the North but also to prevent sectarian tensions from resurfacing. Pursuing Deal on Northern Ireland, Sunak Seeks Calmer Waters for U.K. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z In 2002, he banned several Islamist and sectarian groups, warning that “the danger eating us comes from within. … Pakistan will not allow its territory to be used for any terrorist activity anywhere.” Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general turned autocrat, dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Though “Victory City” was completed before the Chautauqua attack, it’s impossible not to read parts of this grand fantasy as an allegory of the author’s struggles against sectarian hatred and ignorance. Review | Salman Rushdie’s first novel since he was attacked is a tale of magic 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Qatar portrays itself as a more neutral force in a country where for decades outside powers have used Lebanon’s sectarian divisions to fight their proxy battles. Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The bombing, in August 1998, occurred four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which is credited with ending the sectarian violence of the Troubles. Britain to Investigate if Deadliest Attack of Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ Was Preventable 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The economic meltdown has also impoverished Lebanese soldiers and members of the police — two forces that have been rare unifiers in a country deeply divided by sectarian politics. US reroutes $72M in aid for wages for Lebanese army, police 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Bitar, a devout Catholic from Akkar region of the north, has charged officials from across the sectarian spectrum including Shi'ites, Sunnis and Christians. Lebanon's Bitar wages uphill struggle for justice over port blast 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z But Lebanon's various sectarian parties have still not agreed on a successor. Lebanon MPs sit in as 11th vote for president fails 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z She is one of 13 independents elected last year in an election that otherwise left the 128-seat parliament in the grip of long-dominant sectarian factions that will ultimately determine the fate of the presidency. Lebanese opposition lawmakers stage sit-in to demand new president 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z They allege that Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature “imposed sectarian theology” by prohibiting nearly all abortions. Group of faith leaders sue challenging Missouri abortion law 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The airspace above the Iraqi capital of Baghdad was closed off due to an increase in violence by sectarian militias in the city. Virgin Atlantic fined for flying with Delta codes in restricted airspace 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z A political elite that has dominated Lebanon's fractured sectarian system for decades has paralysed the work of an investigating judge who tried and failed to question top officials. Beirut blast protesters say judiciary targets them not officials 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z To prevent the resurrection of a hard border, which could rekindle sectarian tensions, Mr. Johnson had accepted checks on goods flowing from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland. Biden’s Goals on Northern Ireland Present Difficult Timetable for Sunak 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Husseini was succeeded as parliament speaker by Berri, who remains in the post reserved for a Shi'ite Muslim under Lebanon's sectarian political system. Lebanon's Husseini, architect of peace accord, dies at 86 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Children have narrowly escaped injury when rocks were thrown at their Londonderry home in a sectarian attack. Londonderry attack: Children escape injury as rock hits home 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z They say in a lawsuit, which has been removed to federal court, that Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature “imposed sectarian theology” by prohibiting nearly all abortions. State lawsuits defend abortion access with religious freedom 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z A go-ahead Bangui mayor installed them in 2008, but that was before war, sectarian violence and pillaging propelled the nation backward. Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z But the sectarian divisions in Lebanese society made their mark on the Palestinian community. Identity is complex for Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian camp 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “The Troubles,” three decades of sectarian strife in Northern Ireland, left behind questions about historical truth, reconciliation, justice and accountability that have lingered since the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. Opinion | The legacy of the Troubles lingers. But this legislation won’t work. 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Next April will mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. A Kennedy Scion to be Named as Envoy to Northern Island 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Both sides say they also want to protect the gains made by the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement that largely ended three decades of sectarian and political bloodshed during which 3,600 people were killed. UK's Sunak hopeful of resolution to Northern Ireland trade row with EU 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Lebanon may be the most complicated, as sectarian divisions seep into soccer loyalties. Morocco’s World Cup streak brings a joyful Arab embrace 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Years of successive military coups, uprisings and violent, often sectarian, conflict have killed and displaced hundreds of thousands. Russian mercenaries accused of using violence to corner diamond trade 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z In Iraq, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion led to years of intense violence and sectarian strife, and Iran-backed political factions and militias largely filled the vacuum. US-Iran match reflects a regional rivalry for many Arab fans 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z In India, the response to “The Kashmir Files,” which was released in March, has been deeply divided along political and sectarian lines. Israeli Filmmaker’s Critique of Popular Bollywood Film Draws Fierce Backlash 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Lebanon's sectarian parties disarmed at the end of the war, bar Hezbollah, which kept its arsenal to fight Israel. Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z They were accosted by a group of men from the area who saw the convoy as a sectarian provocation. Morocco’s World Cup streak brings a joyful Arab embrace 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Academic research on women’s participation in global negotiations points to more durable outcomes and greater ease in bridging cultural and sectarian divides. Give More Women the Microphone At COP 27 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z In Lebanon, for instance, he noted that local sports are “highly politicized,” with all the major basketball and soccer clubs having political and sectarian affiliations. US-Iran match reflects a regional rivalry for many Arab fans 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z For many, sectarian strife is a brutal reality and a daily ordeal. Review | In ‘Trespasses,’ an affair can be fatal during Ireland’s Troubles 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Bennett ran on the promise of trying to heal Israel’s sectarian divides, and he formed a rival coalition with centrist, leftist and Arab lawmakers that ousted Mr. Netanyahu from office last June. Far Right’s Rise in Israel Driven by Anxiety and Fear 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement that largely ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed in the region, nationalists and unionists are obliged to share power in a cross-community government. Britain says no fresh election in N.Ireland this year 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z “The people of Bahrain live under the influence of sectarian persecution, discrimination, intolerance and systematic governmental repression,” said Al-Wefaq, a opposition Shiite party outlawed and dismantled by court order in 2016. Bahrain’s Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Aoun is a deeply divisive figure, adored by many Christians who viewed him as their defender in Lebanon's sectarian system but accused by critics of enabling corruption and helping armed group Hezbollah gain influence. President Aoun leaves office as Lebanon's crisis worsens 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The city saw some of the deadliest sectarian riots during the 1947 partition that carved out India and Pakistan from the former British Empire. Pakistanis hope Sunak will push India on Kashmir resolution 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian system, the presidency has been left empty several times since the 1975-90 civil war. Explainer: What's at stake as Lebanon faces presidential vacuum? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z "We are seeing a growing pattern of incidents in sectarian chants across different parts of society," he said. Dublin Airport: Politicians condemn pro-IRA chant by passengers 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Damage has been caused to an Orange Hall in County Down, in what police are treating as a sectarian hate crime. County Down: Orange Hall attack treated as sectarian hate crime 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Support for the IRA, or Irish Republican Army, remains controversial amid efforts to heal the wounds left by decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles.” Ireland soccer team sorry after players sing pro-IRA chant 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Under a power-sharing system designed to avoid sectarian conflict, Iraq's president is a Kurd, its prime minister a Shi'ite and its parliament speaker a Sunni. Iraqi parliament to vote Thursday on new president amid divisions 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The legal challenge, filed in state court in Louisville, says the state’s Republican-dominated legislature “imposed sectarian theology” by prohibiting nearly all abortions. Jewish women cite faith in contesting Kentucky abortion ban 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z We learn that Michelle has a brother who is imprisoned for killing a man in an act of sectarian violence. How an 'incredible' real-life feat gave a TV show about 'the Troubles' its happy ending 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The sectarian post-war system of governance perpetuates a venomous political climate that allows leaders to enrich their cronies and leaves pragmatic, reform-minded Bosnians with little incentive to vote. Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Reserved for a Maronite Christian in Lebanon's sectarian system, the presidency has fallen vacant several times since the 1975-90 civil war. Lebanese parliament fails to elect new head of state 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z While many of Lebanon’s sectarian leaders have spent money in their communities to shore up political support, residents in Tripoli say their area has been neglected despite the wealth of its politicians. Poverty in Lebanon's 'city of billionaires' drives deadly migration 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Kilmarnock said they were aware of footage "which appears to show a member of our playing staff using language of a sectarian nature". Lafferty out of NI squad amid video remark probe 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “Religious identity is not as central to political identity as it was a hundred years ago. It’s not about a crude sectarian head count anymore.” Catholics Outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the First Time 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z It also allowed the sectarian political elites to channel popular resentments against imagined enemies to distract from real problems that include mismanagement of public resources and squandering of public funds. Bosnia election expected to re-legitimize a failing system 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Calling out hate speech has also become part of the site’s work as it has taken aim at viral posts that inflame sectarian tensions and that sometimes spur violent mobs to attack innocent people. In India, Debunking Fake News and Running Into the Authorities 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The U.S., in particular, is concerned that Brexit has rattled the foundations of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord that ended 30 years of sectarian violence. At UN, Biden, Truss seek to smooth over N Ireland divide 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The White House has repeatedly warned Britain not to take action that would jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. From Mourning to Crises: U.K. Prime Minister Pivots to Mounting Woes 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The shaky peace exploded in August 1969 with sectarian violence after protests by the Catholic minority for civil rights. In Northern Ireland, praise for monarchy vies with disdain 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “I’m simply afraid that the way that the defendants are choosing to enforce their sectarian beliefs on an entire campus of dissenters is no longer religious freedom. It’s just oppression.” Seattle Pacific University is imploding, lawsuit argues 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century after Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement. King Charles in Belfast, queen’s coffin to return to London 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The site played a major part in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement, which ended years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Charles to Visit Northern Ireland Before Queen’s Coffin Arrives in London 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Elizabeth was queen for 70 of Northern Ireland's 100 years of history, and for all of three decades of the "Troubles" in which more than 3,000 died in sectarian fighting. Northern Ireland loyalists anxious as 'stalwart' queen passes 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z After the invasion, Iraq’s long-sidelined Shiite Muslim majority came to dominate government, and the power struggle between Shiite and Sunni political groups fueled a sectarian war. With Government Paralyzed and Militias Fighting, Iraq’s Instability Deepens 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Judges in Lebanon are often subject to influence from the governing elite, whose tradition of dividing up power along sectarian lines has plunged the country into a political and economic crisis. Lebanon seeks to name second investigator to stalled Beirut blast probe 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “This poison of sectarian hatred has been getting more widespread,” said Rohit Chopra, a communications professor at Santa Clara University who has long been critical of Modi and his supporters for promoting Hindu nationalism. Hindu nationalism in India ratchets up tensions among immigrants in the U.S. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Across the Arab world, it cemented an image of Hezbollah as a sectarian Shiite force fighting mainly Sunni insurgents and spreading Iran’s power. Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The United States was not prepared for a long period of occupation; it was also not prepared for the inevitable problems of law and order, or for the violent sectarian conflicts that emerged. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Biden’s predecessor, under investigation on multiple fronts, continues to test the country’s faith in its own Constitution, undermining the rule of law and stoking America’s already sectarian politico-cultural divisions. Biden signs climate, drug price bill into law, another win amid crisis for U.S. democracy 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “Instead, we have this squabbling between and within sectarian and ethnic communities about how to divide Iraq’s oil money.” A Power Struggle in Iraq Intensifies, Raising Fears of New Violence 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Ms Ferguson said that it was "sad to see" that the bonfire had once more "attracted disappointing, sectarian displays". Derry: Condemnation of poppies and flags on Bogside bonfire 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Britain's carving out new nations by splitting the two, as its empire ebbed after World War Two, triggered mass sectarian migration in both directions, marred by bloodshed and violence on both sides. Split families still suffer after 75 years of India-Pakistan partition 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z It also has a history of bloody sectarian violence, but hate speech and violence against Muslims have increased recently. At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The finance minister - who is backed by Berri - has held off signing a decree appointing new judges, citing concerns with the sectarian balance of the bench. Explainer: Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “The Americans were kind of hoping that there would be these cross-sectarian and more policy-centered alliances between the political factions, but the sectarian and ethnic divisions won out,” Mr. Ford said. A Power Struggle in Iraq Intensifies, Raising Fears of New Violence 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “The political class is resorting to the old method of sectarian polarization,” Hage Ali said. Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z He shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with moderate Irish nationalist leader John Hume for ending three decades of sectarian conflict in which more than 3,000 people died. UK, Irish leaders at funeral for peacemaker David Trimble 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Vatican says pope to go to Kazakhstan; expected to meet Russian Orthodox patriarch 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z It occurred less than a year after an uprising rocked the country, with hundreds of thousands protesting entrenched sectarian political parties. World Digest: July 31, 2022 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z It took place less than a year after an uprising rocked Lebanon, with hundreds of thousands protesting the country’s entrenched sectarian political parties. Part of Beirut port silos, damaged in 2020 blast, collapses 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Lives Lived: David Trimble, a onetime leader in the fight to keep Northern Ireland aligned with Britain, won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping end the sectarian war known as the Troubles. A Language Changed 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Ramla, a city in Israel with a mixed population of Arabs and Jews, saw sectarian riots last year. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z As protesters and police clashed over the coming weeks, sectarian tensions rose in a country where many majority Shi'ite Muslims had long chafed against the Sunni ruling dynasty. Factbox: What became of the 'Arab Spring'? 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The Alliance leader said they demonstrated "pure unadulterated sectarian bigotry". Twelfth: Hanging bonfire effigies condemned by DUP leader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z "There is an onus on unionist political and community leaders to stand up against these displays of sectarian hatred and make it clear that there is no place for them in this society", he said. Condemnation of hanging effigies of female politicians on bonfire 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z A Sunni Arab security alliance “could potentially pull the United States into the sectarian struggle between Sunni and Shia,” Blinken wrote then. Biden trip promotes budding Arab-Israeli security ties 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The foreign ministers also argued the move jeopardizes peace in Northern Ireland under the Good Friday Agreement, which helped end decades of sectarian violence and has stood since 1998. Germany, Ireland slam UK move toward overriding Brexit deal 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Brexit has disrupted Northern Ireland’s fragile political and economic equilibrium, while the British government seems determined to put the Troubles and its legacy of sectarian violence firmly in the past. In Northern Ireland, Old Passions Are Smoldering Anew 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z At the start of Lebanon's civil war in the 1970s, fissures along sectarian lines in the army helped fuel a descent into militia rule. Qatar to support Lebanese soldiers' salaries with $60 million pledge 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Abortion has become one of the sectarian parameters Catholic conservatives in the United States use to decide whether you’re Catholic, Faggioli said. Pelosi receives Communion at Vatican after earlier U.S. bishop refusal 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z While he was never found responsible, for years Indians have asked whether Mr. Modi could have curtailed or stopped the sectarian riots, in which more than 1,000 people were killed. Prominent Activist in India Arrested Over Crusade Against Modi in Deadly Riots 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z It is also about frictions in their native Lebanon over sectarian politics and civil rights, the role of religion and rival visions for how the crisis-ridden country moves forward. In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Various popular uprisings in Lebanon have been unable to shake off a political class that has long used the country’s sectarian power-sharing system to perpetuate corruption and nepotism. A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Since 2003, the cleric has positioned himself variously as a sectarian militia leader, a revolutionary figure and a nationalist who can unify the country. Iraq’s wild-card cleric upends politics as summer’s heat descends 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Adding to the complication is Northern Ireland: Mr. Johnson insisted that his legislation overhauling the trade rules in the North was designed to preserve the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence there. With Northern Ireland and Migrants, Johnson Swings Cudgel of Survival Politics 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z In Iraq's sectarian 2006-2008 civil war, the Mehdi Army was accused of forming death squads that kidnapped and killed Sunni Muslims. Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Others accuse political leaders of fueling such worries to maintain power and cementing sectarian loyalties by passing out jobs and favors to members of their faith communities, weakening the state in the process. In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z At stake: The Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 truce that brought peace to Ireland, ending the 30-year sectarian civil strife known as “the Troubles.” Boris Johnson wants to junk parts of Brexit deal on Northern Ireland 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The United States fears that it could jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Britain Moves Ahead With Plans to Scrap Trade Rules on Northern Ireland 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Those inter-Shiite divisions have supplanted sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiite groups in past years as a main source of Iraqi instability. Efforts to Form a New Government in Iraq Descend Into Chaos 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z These included deeply disturbing videos of sectarian chanting and anti-Shia hatred. Qari Asim: Imam removed as government adviser over film protests 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z But this time, alliances have crossed sectarian lines, inflaming tensions within each sect. No way out as Iraq’s dangerous post-election impasse deepens 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z She traveled to Northern Ireland amid the decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles” to better understand the militant Irish Republican Army. Dervla Murphy, intrepid author of travel books, dies at 90 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The Bolton Council of Mosques called the film "blasphemous" and sectarian. Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z It said we "utterly condemn this type of defamatory and sectarian behaviour" and expressed "sincere sympathy to the McAreavey and Harte families at this distressing time". Michaela McAreavey: Council to investigate video mocking bride's murder 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z A lawmaker from Bennett's own party quit in April, citing sectarian disputes and ending his 61-59 seat majority in the Knesset. A year in office, Bennett appeals to Israel's 'silent majority' 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Amal and Hezbollah dominate Shi’ite representation in Lebanon’s sectarian system, in which state posts are divided among confessional groups. Factbox: Lebanon's veteran parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Berri, 84, won 65 votes in the 128-member parliament, where the role of speaker is reserved for a Shi’ite Muslim under the sectarian political system. Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z African Liberation Day became a cacophony of sectarian debate. 50 years ago, D.C.'s first African Liberation Day launched a movement 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Interspersed with this main narrative are snapshots of a bigger, more devastating picture, that of Northern Ireland engulfed by sectarian violence. In ‘The Colony,’ Audrey Magee explores big ideas, widespread tensions and fatal consequences 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z He was expected to meet Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said to boost relations with the neutral country, known to deftly navigate the region’s political and sectarian conflicts. Iran vows revenge over killing of Guard member in Tehran 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Northern Ireland remains deeply split along sectarian lines after the 1998 peace deal brokered by the United States. U.S. House Speaker Pelosi warns Britain: No trade deal unless you respect Northern Ireland peace deal 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Around a dozen opposition newcomers took their seats for the first time in the more fragmented chamber, after an expectedly strong breakthrough by reform-minded candidates into a system long dominated by the same sectarian groups. Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Analysts say that could heighten sectarian tensions as the LF pushes for Hezbollah’s disarmament - but most new candidates say there are more pressing issues at hand. Lebanon's emboldened opposition goes from protest to parliament 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The White House has warned Mr. Johnson not to do anything that would jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 pact that ended decades of sectarian violence in the North. In Risky Move, U.K. Says It May Scrap Northern Ireland Trade Rules 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Powered by the 2019 protests and the financial collapse, 13 opposition MPs won across regional and sectarian lines, campaigning on reforms, transparency and accountability. Factbox-What is the make-up of Lebanon's new parliament? 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z It divides up power along sectarian lines, and everyone is guaranteed a slice of the political cake. Lebanon election results raise spectre of new power struggle 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Some of the votes cast in the secret ballot for speaker carried messages echoing grievances against a sectarian elite that has steered Lebanon into its worst instability since the 1975-90 civil war. Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z London says the attendant bureaucracy created by the Northern Ireland Protocol is intolerable and that it is now threatening the 1998 peace agreement that mostly ended three decades of sectarian violence in the province. Explainer: How the Northern Ireland protocol divides Britain and the EU 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z But expectations for a big shake-up are slim in Lebanon's sectarian system, which divides parliament's seats among 11 religious groups and is skewed in favour of established parties. Lebanon holds first vote since blast, financial collapse 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Many have traditionally chosen candidates based on family, sectarian or regional ties, and are wary of newcomers they fear would be powerless to stand up to entrenched politicians. Lebanon vote seen as last chance in crisis-plagued nation 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z But without a majority, Hezbollah's sectarian alliance will feel a real difference. Lebanon election results raise spectre of new power struggle 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Amal and Hezbollah have long dominated Shi'ite representation in a political system that has buttressed the influence of sectarian factions since the 1975-90 civil war. Scarred by crisis, election newcomers aim to unseat Lebanon's elite 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Oman, a country of 4.6 million on the Arabian Peninsula, has long served as an island of neutrality in a region torn by sectarian and political conflicts. Live updates | Official: Plans for Kherson annexation 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Washington has warned Mr. Johnson not to take steps that could undermine the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland and is important to President Biden. Queen Misses a Traditional Ceremony, at a Disorderly Moment for Britain 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It has the right to put forward a candidate for first minister in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, set up under a 1998 peace deal that ended three decades of sectarian conflict in the province. Britain to urge Northern Ireland parties to agree way forward 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The success of the Alliance, political analysts said, suggests that Northern Ireland may be moving beyond the sectarian furies of the past and a binary division between unionists and nationalists. As Britain Turned Away From E.U., Northern Ireland Turned to Sinn Fein 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Lebanon's sectarian political system is skewed in favour of established factions, and some commentators say newcomers have hurt their chances by failing to unite across the country around a single platform. Scarred by crisis, election newcomers aim to unseat Lebanon's elite 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But on Friday, the largest Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on the cusp of being declared the territory’s largest party, a political watershed in a land long torn by sectarian violence. In a seismic election shift in Northern Ireland, the pro-unity Sinn Fein is winning. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The People Before Profit candidate in East Belfast, Hannah Kenny, was gripped by the arm and the throat by three men who subjected her to sectarian and misogynistic abuse. NI election 2022: Dull campaign could still produce a seismic result 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z An Irish nationalist party coming out on top for the first time in the British-run province would represent an historic shift 24 years after the Good Friday peace accord ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed. Sinn Fein eyes milestone election victory in push for Irish unity 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The agreement ended decades of sectarian strife by, among other things, creating an open border on the island. As Britain Turned Away From E.U., Northern Ireland Turned to Sinn Fein 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z After another sectarian split within the Weather Underground, she sided with the May 19th Communist faction, which then joined forces with the Black Liberation Army, itself an armed offshoot of the Black Panthers. Kathy Boudin, Weather Underground outlaw, dies at 78 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Hannah Kenny, from People Before Profit, was subjected to sectarian and misogynistic abuse in east Belfast, according to a party spokesperson. NI election 2022: Hannah Kenny 'gripped by throat' and threatened 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Their parties can rally followers who remain fiercely loyal for sectarian or ideological reasons despite outrage over the state of the country. Lebanon vote holds little hope for change despite disasters 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The author, raised for part of his youth amid the sectarian conflicts of Northern Ireland, was keen on exploring the moral and psychological ambiguity of his characters. Jack Higgins, best-selling author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ dies at 92 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z When the Taliban came to power, many Shiites feared a sectarian crackdown, but Taliban officials have stated they will not discriminate against any group and will protect all citizens. Prominent Afghan high school targeted by deadly bombings 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “They are indoctrinating the children with their own sectarian beliefs, and they have made it very difficult for people to send their children to school.” Yemen’s Houthis Went From Ragtag Militia to Force Threatening Gulf Powers 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z "The report included allegations of physical and verbal assault, including both sectarian and misogynistic comments," a police spokesperson said. NI election 2022: Hannah Kenny 'gripped by throat' and threatened 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z He has been criticized for doing too little to curb extremist sectarian groups in Punjab Province during his three terms as chief minister there, and he has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings. Shehbaz Sharif Becomes Pakistan’s New Prime Minister Amid Turmoil 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Her comments come after bottles were thrown at Sunday's Old Firm match at Ibrox and arrests made for sectarian behaviour. We can learn from German anti-hate fight - minister 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The dispute has further deepened sectarian fault lines, and many Muslims worry hijab bans could embolden Hindu nationalists and pave the way for more restrictions targeting Islam. Indian scholars, activists criticize school hijab ban ruling 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Still, the invasion is regarded by most Iraqis and other Arabs as an unprovoked disaster that set the stage for years of sectarian strife and bloodletting. Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Influenced by deistic distaste for sectarian disputes, pragmatic politicians would eventually decide that the best solution was to disestablish the churches and cut off public funding in the name of religious freedom. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Under a power-sharing system designed to avoid sectarian conflict, Iraq’s president is a Kurd, its prime minister a Shi’ite and its parliament speaker a Sunni. Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z A 13-year-old boy has been targeted in what police are treating as a sectarian assault by a gang in north Belfast. North Belfast: Boy,13, attacked in sectarian hate crime 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Part of their rivalry centers on sectarian competition: Saudi Arabia is majority Sunni, while Iran is mostly Shiite. Saudi Arabia Puts 81 to Death, Despite Promises to Curb Executions 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Closing the debate, Ms Armstrong said that since she first proposed the bill she had faced "allegations of being sectarian, threatened to be excommunicated from the church by some principals". Integrated education: Stormont passes bill despite DUP opposition 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, sectarian networks of patronage and pervasive corruption, which gradually became integral to the system, ensure that Bosnia remains one of the poorest countries in Europe, increasingly hemorrhaging its best and brightest. Watching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Thousands of people have been killed, most of them Shias, in Pakistan's sectarian violence in recent years. Pakistan bombing kills dozens in Shia mosque in Peshawar 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Police say they are treating the incident as a sectarian hate crime and have appealed for information. North Belfast: Boy,13, attacked in sectarian hate crime 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z In 1875, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James G. Blaine of Maine, proposed a constitutional amendment that would explicitly prohibit the use of State money for “sectarian” schools. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z "Young people should not feel segregated from others based on dangerous sectarian criteria," he said. Integrated education: Brandon Lewis suggests 'nudging and cajoling' needed 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Under the First Amendment, students may use government funds to attend sectarian/religious schools. Education: Charters are public schools 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Nearly a quarter century after the Good Friday Agreement ended the sectarian violence known as the Troubles, Brexit has scrambled Northern Ireland’s politics. Upheaval in Northern Ireland, With Brexit at Its Center 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z One needs no sectarian or contentious conception of the common good to think that America in 2022 desperately needs healing of the public community. Opinion | Supreme Court Justices Have Forgotten What the Law Is For 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Many of these critics also insist that it is impossible to draw clear lines between secular and sectarian courses in parochial schools. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He later won international recognition for his role defending Christians from sectarian attacks in the Middle East, where he travelled after his release from France. Emir Abdelkader: French sculpture of Algerian hero vandalised 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z A student may use federally-guaranteed student loans to attend sectarian schools but cannot use such funds for devotional theology, e.g., to become a priest. Education: Charters are public schools 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The migration has stoked fears of a new wave of radical recruitment, taking advantage of frustration and despair fueled by the economic meltdown and sectarian tensions. As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z This would paralyse decision-making in the region where the main parties share power under a 1998 peace deal that ended three decades of sectarian violence. N.Ireland first minister may quit as EU warns Britain over Brexit checks 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The network became active after last year's flare-up in sectarian violence in the country. Iran accused of sowing Israel discontent with fake Jewish Facebook group 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z "They've got many more local fissures, be they ethnic, political, sectarian, to exploit to their advantage." Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The major factual flaw in the Op-Ed is that Washington charter schools are public — they are publicly-regulated and funded schools with no sectarian affiliation. Education: Charters are public schools 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Over time, analysts say, China’s aversion to regional politics and conflict could hinder its outreach to the Middle East, rife as it is with wars, uprisings and sectarian tensions. As the U.S. Pulls Back From the Mideast, China Leans In 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z As for the sectarian argument, people responded that the suffering caused to the victims by these violations was what mattered, not the sect of the person who meted it out. How a Syrian War Criminal Was Brought to Justice — in Germany 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The clashes signaled the start of what became known as the Troubles, three decades of tangled sectarian strife that drew Britain’s army into the territory. 50 Years on, Bloody Sunday’s Wounds Are Still Felt 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z On both sides of the Syria-Iraq border, IS benefits from ethnic and sectarian resentments and from deteriorating economies. Islamic State strikes from shadows in vulnerable Syria, Iraq 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z The move opens a new phase in Lebanon's sectarian politics and adds to the uncertainties facing a country suffering a financial meltdown that marks the biggest threat to stability since a 1975-90 civil war. Lebanon's president sees no reason to delay polls after Hariri exit 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Saad's announcement upended Lebanon's sectarian politics four months before a parliamentary election, adding to the uncertainties facing a nation grappling with a devastating financial crisis. Bahaa al-Hariri enters Lebanese politics after brother bows out 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Ordering the military to interfere in domestic politics would have entered a space where talk of potential civil war or sectarian violence would no longer seem far-fetched. What's protecting Trump and the coup plotters: American exceptionalism — how do we fight that? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Najib Mikati, the billionaire prime minister whose post is held by a Sunni under the sectarian political system, has tried to mend Gulf ties. Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon's middle class squeezed by crisis 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Jihadists have also triggered sectarian tensions between previously co-existing Christian and Muslim communities in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso coup: Why soldiers have overthrown President Kaboré 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Prime Minister Najib Mikati, whose post is held by a Sunni Muslim under Lebanon's sectarian political system, has said his government would seek to sign a preliminary agreement for an IMF support programme in February. Lebanese cabinet to meet next week after three-month gap, Al Jadeed TV says 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z President Michel Aoun has been trying to galvanise the multiple sectarian factions to hold a national dialogue conference, but talks this week so far only drew support from close allies. Protesters block Lebanon's roads to protest economic crash, soaring prices 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The police officer and his wife fled sectarian tensions in an African nation and were placed in a home in Bradford. Asylum seekers: The homes where ceilings have fallen in 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Martin McGuinness said the UUP's reluctance to do so was "creating a climate where sectarian murder was inevitable". NI state papers: Sinn Féin and PUP's 'face-to-face confrontation' 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Further, the state Constitution’s public schools section mandates: “All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence.” How a Supreme Court ruling might upend Washington charter schools 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Add to all of that leaders who stoke the conflict, and disagreements over the simplest things can become almost sectarian. First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City. 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The coalition government is formed from parties that represent different sectarian constituencies and it is led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Lebanese party's bid to limit overseas vote fails 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z During the sectarian violence of Iraq, unleashed by neocons finding “useful paradigms” in the United States’ longest-running war movie, Dutch geographer Harm de Blij addressed a despondent group of American college students. Opinion | When the world needed saving, the U.S. was there 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Embarrassed to have no Arab states attending, the Biden administration added Iraq, whose unstable government has been racked by corruption and sectarian divisions ever since the U.S. invasion in 2003. Joe Biden's ironic "Summit for Democracy": Sounds good, but plagued by contradictions 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z For more than a century our state Supreme Court has repeatedly and emphatically blocked the use of any public funds to directly or indirectly support religious education or sectarian institutions. How a Supreme Court ruling might upend Washington charter schools 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, toppling President Saddam Hussein and helping mold a political system that divided power and resources along sectarian lines. In attempt to ease pressure, Iraq announces end to U.S. ‘combat’ mission 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “It was an open secret that ‘sectarian’ was code for ‘Catholic,'” U.S. Supreme Court poised to further open the door for taxpayer funding of religious schools 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z "It is a place to gather outside the sectarian divides that have dominated the collective memory of the North of Ireland for the last hundred years." Turner Prize 2021: Irish pub installation wins award 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It has stayed out of the cabinet since a popular uprising against the sectarian elite in 2019. Geagea says delaying vote would condemn Lebanon to 'slow death' 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z France, he insisted, will never accept that human beings be corralled into sectarian communities, be they of race or gender. In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z He had lived through war and sectarian violence, but when his brother died of the coronavirus this year, it broke him. 'We were like a football,' Iraqi migrant says after Belarus odyssey 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z A clash over Northern Ireland would also antagonize the Biden administration, which worries about the corrosive effect it might have on the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of sectarian violence there. Boris Johnson Battered in Parliament as Scandal Puts Him on Defense 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In India, where tensions between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority have often turned violent, citizens and police are empowered to charge individuals over speech they feel offends religious sensibilities or could provoke sectarian violence. Two Journalists Arrested as India Cracks Down on Media 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Geagea said the Lebanese Forces did not seek a physical confrontation with Hezbollah and were not concerned about the breakout of sectarian violence due to the role of the Lebanese Army in maintaining civil peace. Geagea says delaying vote would condemn Lebanon to 'slow death' 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of such certificates for sectarian child care services if freely chosen by the parent,” it says. Faith Groups Push to Scrap Mandates in Biden’s Child Care Plan 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z "The fate of art and music in Lebanon is taken hostage in this country because of the political class who insist on introducing this sectarian spirit." Like the Titanic - Lebanon's orchestra keeps playing as country sinks 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z But the erosion of human rights in India has weakened its moral high ground in a region where ethnic and sectarian tensions are worsening. In a Region in Strife, India’s Moral High Ground Erodes 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Very often, civil war and sectarian violence have seemed impossible — until circumstances radically changed. In the coming second American Civil War, which side are you on? 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia has long been a close ally of politicians in Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim community, which chooses the prime minister under the country’s sectarian system. EXPLAINER: Why frustrated Saudi is lashing out at Lebanon 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The bill would also prohibit any child care provider from using the funds to perform work on “buildings or facilities that are used primarily for sectarian instruction or religious worship.” Faith Groups Push to Scrap Mandates in Biden’s Child Care Plan 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Of the 18 decisions from the board so far, 13 are directly related to racial or sectarian conflicts, whether dealing with Kurdish separatists, anti-Chinese sentiment in Myanmar, or a jokey meme about the Armenian genocide. Social media vs. the world 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Even when sectarian violence flared within its own borders, India was the big brother with larger-than-life leaders like Gandhi and its legacy of ending centuries of colonial rule through nonviolence. In a Region in Strife, India’s Moral High Ground Erodes 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z In sectarian environments though, economic, social, and political elites and those they represent come to believe that anyone who disagrees with them is evil and actively working to destroy the community. In the coming second American Civil War, which side are you on? 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The country has been driven to bankruptcy by a handful of politicians, most of whom began as sectarian warlords. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A judge on Monday charged 68 people including 18 detainees with murder and incitement of sectarian strife over the clashes and referred the case to a military investigative judge. Lebanon's politician Geagea misses hearing over Beirut violence 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It was from Chiyah that a band of Shia protesters triggered the clashes on 14 October by rampaging into Ain al-Remmaneh chanting provocative sectarian slogans: "Shia, Shia, Shia!" Lebanon: Beirut violence fuels fears of return to civil war 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z That violence has further deepened sectarian tension in India. In a Region in Strife, India’s Moral High Ground Erodes 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z They accused him of singling out some officials and not others, in an apparent attempt to stoke sectarian grudges in a country divided along sectarian lines. The judge leading Beirut blast probe: Discreet and defiant 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z That privilege belongs to the cabinet and to the sectarian political leaders, who stack government ministries and public institutions with loyalists. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A Lebanese judge on Monday separately charged 68 people including 18 detainees with murder and incitement to sectarian strife over the clashes. Lebanon top Christian politician summoned for hearing over deadly clashes 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Once blood is shed, conflict can take on a life of its own, especially in a situation of sectarian animosity. Lebanon: Beirut violence fuels fears of return to civil war 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The National News Agency said Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki charged the 68 people with crimes including murder, attempted murder, inciting sectarian strife, having unlicensed weapons and sabotage. Lebanese judge charges 68 over deadly clash south of Beirut 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The story, however, was not all positive: In 2019, the human rights group Freedom House highlighted worrying developments under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including increasing harassment of journalists and growing sectarian violence. Perspective | Rich countries saved themselves during the pandemic. Poorer countries are reeling. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Over the years, competency requirements were eliminated in favor of the right sectarian background, not just in Central Inspection but across much of the public sector. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The battles, which left seven dead, also fired up the sectarian passions from that violent past, which Lebanese had learned to brush aside without ever dealing with the causes. Beirut clash fires up sectarian anger in echo of civil war 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z For Richard and many other Lebanese people, the sudden eruption of sectarian clashes in the capital on 14 October rang strident alarm bells. Lebanon: Beirut violence fuels fears of return to civil war 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z But Hassan Nasrallah’s brag is likely to further ratchet up anxiety about a return to sectarian fighting in the small country roiled by a series of devastating crises. Hezbollah brag of 100,000-strong force aimed at foes at home 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden is staunchly opposed to any move that would jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 accord, negotiated under the auspices of the Clinton administration, which ended decades of sectarian violence in the North. Showdown Over Northern Ireland Has a Key Offstage Player: Biden 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z A clientalist system rooted in the concept of muhassassa, or the allocation of positions based on sectarian quotas rather than merit, became entrenched. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Parties’ supporters are predominantly from the same sect, and election districts are gerrymandered to fit sectarian lines. Beirut clash fires up sectarian anger in echo of civil war 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “We must free the judiciary from political interference, sectarian and partisan political activism and respect its independence according to the principle of separation of powers,” he said in his sermon. Lebanon's Maronite patriarch urges non-interference into judiciary 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Rai said “we must free the judiciary from political interference” and “sectarian and partisan political activism”. Lebanon Maronite patriarch says no party should resort to violence 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z But the clashes on Thursday, the worst sectarian violence in Lebanon’s capital in years, revealed tensions lurking just beneath the surface in a city haunted by 15 years of civil war. Beirut, a City Where Everyone Gets By, Revisits Sectarian Violence 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Overhauling a system of enmeshed political, financial and sectarian interests is a formidable task, one that Kobaissi believes “is stronger than the explosion,” and stronger than Attieh’s well-meaning efforts. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z With the sectarian violence, each sect brings out its stored-up resentments against the other, imagined or real. Beirut clash fires up sectarian anger in echo of civil war 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Once a fierce sectarian defender of Iraq’s Shiite majority, Mr. al-Sadr has expanded his reach in recent years, reaching out to Sunnis, Christians and other minorities. After Iraqi Election, a Shiite Leader Emerges as an Unlikely U.S. Ally 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The standoff touches on sectarian fault lines that crisscross streets, neighborhoods and the government. Analysis | Just when it seemed Lebanon couldn’t get worse, it did 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z A revolt against the status quo would mean breaking up the sectarian patronage network, cultivated by the ruling elite and one that many in the divided population benefit from. Analysis: Beirut street battles may spell even darker times 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z In March, Diab threatened to stop work to exert pressure on sectarian power brokers to form a government. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Residents stayed inside, monitoring news reports tense with speculation: Would the violence spiral into a more sustained conflict, as sectarian clashes are prone to do in deeply divided Lebanon? Lebanon Observes Day of Mourning After Deadly Sectarian Clashes 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z As it battled with Sunni fighters of Al Qaeda for supremacy in Iraq between 2006 and 2008, Mr. al-Sadr’s fighters were accused of running death squads and conducting sectarian cleansings of Baghdad neighborhoods. After Iraqi Election, a Shiite Leader Emerges as an Unlikely U.S. Ally 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z It quickly inflamed tensions in a political landscape marked by a fragile sectarian power-sharing system and a culture of corruption. A wary Beirut reels after deadly gun battle raises fears of renewed conflict 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z With pent-up anger among many Lebanese, growing sectarian tensions and a political class desperate to cling to its privileged role, a descent into further violence becomes even more possible. Analysis: Beirut street battles may spell even darker times 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Collective decision-making means that progress can hinge on whether one sectarian leader is speaking to another. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The gun battles raised the specter of a return to sectarian violence in a country already struggling through one of the world’s worst economic crises of the past 150 years. Lebanon pauses amid tense calm after deadly gun battles 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “I think that he is much less sectarian than many, many others because he has a nationalist vision of Iraq.” After Iraqi Election, a Shiite Leader Emerges as an Unlikely U.S. Ally 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed clashes between sectarian militias transformed Beirut neighborhoods into a deadly war zone on Thursday, raising fears that violence could fill the void left by the near-collapse of the Lebanese state. Deadly Clashes in Beirut Escalate Fears Over Lebanon’s Dysfunction 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “Instead of the pressure being on them, and the onus and responsibility of reforms being on them, they are dragging the country to sectarian games that they know how to play so well,” he said. Day-long firefight racks Beirut, evoking memories of Lebanon’s civil war 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Eight of the council’s 10 members are chosen by sectarian leaders via the cabinet. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The crisis over the probe is rooted in one of Lebanon’s main problems: sectarian politics that have divided Lebanese and fuelled civil conflict since independence. Explainer-Why is Lebanon such a mess? 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Since the 2005 election, the muhasasa system that divides power along ethno-sectarian lines has pitted Iraqis at each other’s throats, polarizing society and creating a sectarian environment of persecution and killings. Opinion | Iraqis never got the democracy we were promised. We are paying the price. 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z His group accused Hezbollah of exploiting sectarian tensions to derail the port investigation over fears it could be implicated. Deadly Clashes in Beirut Escalate Fears Over Lebanon’s Dysfunction 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z That system, in which senior government posts are divided by political leaders along sectarian and ethnic lines, remains unchanged. In Iraq Election, Shiite Cleric Who Fought U.S. Strengthens Power 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Although both pro- and anti-Western sectarian leaders and their acolytes remain deeply embroiled in various domestic corruption scandals, to date only Hezbollah and its allies have been internationally censured. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The collapse, which has driven some three quarters of Lebanese into poverty and sunk the currency by 90%, was caused by decades of financial mismanagement and corruption by the sectarian elite. Explainer-Why is Lebanon such a mess? 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z |
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