As a result, the uncertainty surrounding Obasanjo s plans is increasing sectional tensions.

True, sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq have escalated since the fall of Saddam.

The sectarian strains that are now rending societies across the Middle East are likely to change the regional map.

Sectarianism or nepotism

Widely unnoticed, Iraqi Sunni and Shia centralists have managed in the last couple of months to form a united parliamentary platform that leaves sectarian tensions behind.

Some go so far as to argue that the recent rise of the lower castes in northern Indian politics and the implementation of reservations by the central government amount to a silent revolution, and that the politics of caste is secular and a bulwark against religious sectarianism.

India s New Caste Politics

These tensions further receded in the tide of the Islamization created by the Iranian revolution, for in its wake Arabs sectarian identity as Sunni was pushed further into the background as a generalized Islamic assertiveness appeared.

Indeed, Lebanon, following the collapse of Najib Mikati s government, is already on the brink of civil war, as direct intervention in Syria by Hezbollah, Iran s Lebanese proxy, to prevent Assad s overthrow has exacerbated the country s own longstanding sectarian tensions.

And for the first time, I was affected by this communal unrest.

But boosters of caste politics claim that it is not economic deprivation but the social backwardness from which these castes have historically suffered that makes caste reservations necessary.

Tensions mounted.

Sectarianism and racism have become a regular feature of the political landscape.

Then there is sectarianism, particularly the growing strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

Indeed, the protagonists of caste politics and caste based public policy simply cannot validate their assertions, offering only small sample surveys that can be grossly misleading in the context of a huge country characterized by monumental diversity.

Historically, the political ethic of confessional societies has been grounded in a single, basic foundation.

Sectarianization became the pragmatic thing to do.

Tensions are rising over currencies as well.

Since tensions have existed between both of these ancestral tribes.

Trade tensions continue to mount.

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

Inter marriages are a good way to bridge the sectarian rift in our society and I have always been all for it.

The execution of Nimr Al Nimr is a rare moment where outrage is transcending sectarian divides. Saudi weddady ( weddady) January 2, 2016

The Council is concerned at the continuing tensions in the Ituri district and wonders about the outside support received by the militias responsible for the situation.

Usually a prosperous caste succeeded in raising its rank in the ritual hierarchy.

We talk to Maryam Al Khawaja about the role sectarianism plays in Bahrain and how that affects the movement.

The lack of such interaction inevitably heightens existing ethnic division.

This, according to Riemer, is supposed to bring a reduction in tensions and an increase in communications across the sectarian and religious divides in Lebanon.

Many consider India s increasing mobilization along caste lines a welcome assertion of identity.

The United Nations is torn apart by internal tensions.

These economic hardships are deepened by social tension.

Tensions in financial markets have hit new highs.

At that point, tensions with Cambodia became inevitable.

Iranian Turkish tensions reflect three larger realities.

However, Iraq states that there is insufficient evidence regarding ongoing stresses and how these may affect the interpretation of the M A data .

Indeed, intellectuals and politicians of all varieties almost unanimously hail the politics of caste identity as a move towards true equality.

Liberal reform parties that tried to transcend communal identities and appeal to all Iraqis did not do well.

The US should be working to create a strong, unified government, rather than strengthening sectarian militias.

Many more are feared as violence among the main sectarian groups escalates.

Is freedom of beliefs going flourish after the revolutions in the Arab World, or will some extremists impose intolerance and sectarianism?

The Iraqi government dismantled in October 2006 a complete police brigade because they had connections with sectarian death squadrons.

Rising tensions within the EU have been the inevitable result.

These strains express themselves on policy issues.

Hence, caste has not been an indicator of material deprivation, even during the early decades of the twentieth century. But boosters of caste politics claim that it is not economic deprivation but the social backwardness from which these castes have historically suffered that makes caste reservations necessary.

In October 2006, for example, Mecca was used to host talks among Iraq s warring sectarian factions.