Iraqis are divided by religious, ethnic, tribal and ideological schisms.

A century after the Qur'an was released, numerous religious schisms arose in Islam.

He was also expected to be astute, as civic conflicts might develop into religious schism.

Turkish officials play to the fears of upheaval and a new global religious schism, which enhances its status as a broker.

Lilliputians are bitter that Blefuscudians consider them to have started a religious schism.

These divisions - later hardened by religious schism - would forever deny Scotland a truly united voice.

But more was at stake than simply Scotland's independence: there was now a religious schism within Britain.

A religious schism could fracture that unity.

The religious schism in the Netherlands was blamed for the pain Mary felt.

Israel is the last country in the world that can afford an internal religious schism.