This religious sectarianism is connected to a degree with nationalism.
This had tended to minimise religious sectarianism within the parties.
And, as the months have passed, another weapon, religious sectarianism, has been deployed to head off or divert the challenge of the Arab awakening.
He was particularly concerned about religious sectarianism in the army, opposing the tendency emerging as the Levellers but not yet known as such.
On the national question, the Officials saw the struggle against religious sectarianism and bigotry as their primary task.
My perception of Nigeria, and indeed many other African countries for years has been one where religious sectarianism plays a fairly serious role.
However, religious sectarianism in politics has largely disappeared from the rest of the Republic of Ireland.
Unemployment was well above the national average as early as the 1920s, and the city became known nationally for its occasionally violent religious sectarianism.
This religious sectarianism is bound up with nationalism.
Wherever people of different religions live in close proximity to each other, religious sectarianism can often be found in varying forms and degrees.