sectarian division

The responses reflected the sectarian divisions that have long shaped life in the country.

This is not so much a sectarian division as a cultural one, a north-south relationship with almost racist overtones.

The interviews suggested a hardening of the sectarian divisions that were visible in the election.

It won't be easy - sectarian divisions exist, and it's possible they may turn violent as well.

Although many thought it was a "deliberate provocation to create sectarian divisions", the violence lasted for two years.

But under the surface, the sectarian divisions remain and with them the fear of a renewed civil war.

However, there are other sectarian divisions of the population that lay in nearly a dozen distinct groups.

A couple of indicators are that the army didn't bust up into sectarian divisions.

All are struggling desperately against violence or sectarian division.

After the destruction of the Second Temple, these sectarian divisions ended.