Syria s Sectarian Stalemate

The sectarian rift between the Islamic Sunni and Shia sects is haunting Egyptian blogger D B Shobrawy's dreams.

But the price has been high in terms of Iraqi lives lost in sectarian fighting.

Hattar was charged with inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islam, according to the Guardian.

Most people in the West regard Syria s civil war as a continuation of the sectarian violence in Iraq.

The Shiites back Hezbollah because it appeals to their communal pride, represents their interests domestically, and stirs their religious passions.

There is also a growing concern about the rise of sectarian violence within the country, which has seen a resurgence since 2007.

In Northern Ireland and similarly in parts of Scotland, there is a sectarian divide between Roman Catholic and Protestant communities.

Individual accountability would somehow break the chain of ethnic identity and communal vengeance.

If you are a dictator facing sustained political protests, be as brutal as possible and incite sectarian killing.

At the same time, the surveys found little support among any of these three major groups for sectarian conflict.

He explains that any interference in Syria will force the Pakistani state to pay attention to rising sectarian violence in the country

The sectarian divide is more a matter of conflict of interest unlike what a lot of media outlets try to portray.

But some other multiethnic societies such as Tanzania and Burkina Faso have largely escaped communal conflict.

Instead of cooling communal conflict, interethnic hatred remains as heated as ever.

Such condemnations can only sharpen sectarian divisions within Saudi Arabia and the region.

The national unity Government constitutes the most broadly representative Government in Iraq's history in terms of ethnicity, faith and political affiliation.

Promoting any policy or law that increases communal tension is unconstitutional.

Indeed, as in Iraq, Syria s sectarian strife looks increasingly like a jihadist religious war.

. dancohen3000 JSIL's private donors paid to send me and 1000's of others to be indoctrinated in a sectarian training program called Taglit Max Blumenthal ( MaxBlumenthal) September 29, 2014

Who is the victim and who is the perpetrator of sectarianism? How does systematic sectarian oppression work in Bahrain? And why is the Bahrain uprising tainted as sectarian?

According to El Baghdadi, tyrants are the only beneficiaries of this split and that sectarianism has been weaponised for power

The denominational status of all public primary and secondary educational institutions was repealed in 2000, shortly after the creation of the linguistic school boards.

Iraq, another of Turkey s neighbors, faces the risk of a protracted sectarian power struggle following withdrawal of US troops.

26 June On 26 June, hundreds of people marched towards the parliament in Beirut demanding the end of Lebanon's confessional system.

But an equally fundamental division one that has contributed as much to the ongoing insurrection as sectarian strife and opposition to the American led military occupation is the widening gap between Iraq s rich and poor.

Since factional rivalry inside the Party cannot be handled discreetly, some of Bo s colleagues felt that he had to go.

Worse still, factional conflict would undermine further development of a post Saddam Iraqi identity.

First, the Turkish military has no interest in embracing the risks that come with involvement in Iraq s sectarian strife.

In western Ethiopia, access to refugees has been a challenge until recently because of insecurity caused by intercommunal violence.

Assad would remain in power in the richest part of the country, with bitter sectarian fury reigning in the country s eastern hinterland.

Sectarian violence poses a grave threat to Pakistan s security and stability, primarily because conflict between mainstream religious communities threatens to involve and radicalise greater swathes of the Pakistani population than any other kind of militancy.

A country torn by sectarian violence beginning in 1975, Lebanon pitted an even more complex array of contestants against each other than Iraq does today.

Likewise, the revival of the Shia Sunni civil war in Iraq largely reflects the sectarian rule of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.

In Iraq, after years of declining sectarian violence, the casualty figures are up again, in part owing to the war in neighboring Syria.

With Shia dominated Iran providing weapons, money, troops, and training for Assad s forces, the conflict s sectarian dimension has taken on greater significance.

Is it wise and advisable to wade into a sectarian civil war two thousand miles away? Just examine the trajectory of sectarian violence over the last decade.

There has been a surge of religious extremism in recent years in many parts of Myanmar, which has led to clashes, riots, and other forms of communal violence.

Whether Iraq achieves stability or is once again ripped apart by sectarian violence now depends, as it always has, on the new political elites.

The use and abuse of religious fervor, whether jihadi or Hindu fundamentalist, are striking at the roots of communal harmony across South Asia.

Sectarian conflict seems to be increasing on a daily basis, with militias massacring hundreds of Sunnis and Shiites solely on the basis of their religious identities.

There is no sign of an end to the sectarian violence, and little prospect that Iraq can become a peaceful, unitary democracy.

Whatever it may be, you know the kind of thing I'm talking about people who are attracted to the ritualistic side, the moralistic, communal side of religion, but can't bear the doctrine.

None of Iraq s neighbors, including Iran, would benefit from sectarian conflict that grows into a regional war.

Its center has shifted from Iraq (where sectarian strife has recently escalated again) to Syria, but it encompasses Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia as well.