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sectarian

[sek-tair-ee-uhn] / sɛkˈtɛər i ən /




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That has put pressure on Lebanon’s delicate sectarian balance, with some communities expelling the displaced Shiites or not allowing them to come in the first place for fear of being targeted by Israel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It’s difficult to imagine that forcibly collapsing the government of a multiethnic sectarian state of nearly 100 million people produces anything more than a power vacuum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

In Iraq, after a U.S. invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, sectarian leaders stepped into the vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Aoun has rejected the use force, warning that this could antagonise the Shia community and reignite sectarian divisions in a country .

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

I ask my fellow-workers at the factory; they know nothing and think I am talking of some crazy Yomesh sectarian.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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