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Religious sectarianism
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Political sectarianism
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Overview
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Definition
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Overview
- Political Political violence
- Cultural Cultural conflict
- Religious conflicts Religious violence
- Sectarian violence
- Middle East
- Politicized Politicization
- Political gain Political opportunism
- Power Power in international relations
- Tanzimat
- European colonialism Colonialism
- Authoritarianism
- Sexism
- Patriarchal Patriarchy
- Sexuality Human sexuality
- French Mandate Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
- Religion
- Carole Pateman
- Gendered Gender
- Joan Scott Joan Wallach Scott
- Heterosexuality
- Sex binary Gender binary
- Criminal law
- Queer
- Taqiyya
- Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012
- The victory of the Green Party in the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election
- Nigel Farage
- Primordialism
- Instrumentalism
- Constructivism Constructivism (ethnic politics)
Definition
- Sectarian conflict
- Nationalists Irish Nationalism
- Unionists Unionism in Ireland
- Sunni Sunni Islam
- Muslims Muslim
- Pluralism Pluralism (political philosophy)
- Obama Barack Obama
Intersectionality in sectarianism
Political sectarianism
Religious sectarianism
- Christians
- John F. Kennedy
- Al Smith
- Ali
- Heretics Heresy
- Apostates Apostasy
- Reformation Protestant Reformation
- Papacy
- The Vatican Holy See
- Catholic Emancipation
- Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
- Sectarian violence Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
- Central African Republic
- War on terror
- Boxing Day
- Christchurch
- Timaru
- New Zealand Orange Order Orange Order in New Zealand
- Counter-protesters Counter-protest
- Iraqi insurgency Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)
- Saddam Hussein
- Tortured Torture
- Iraqi throne Kingdom of Iraq
- Syrian civil war
- Human Rights Watch
- House of Saud
- 1979 Qatif Uprising
- 1987 Makkah Incident 1987 Mecca incident
- Amnesty International
- Execution Execution of Nimr al-Nimr
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Nodes328
Edges327
Triples169
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006098
Components1
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Sectarianism
Top relations
related to Saudi Arabia · 23
Sectarianism → According, Amnesty International, Arab Spring, Despite Crown Prince Mohammed, House, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Makkah Incident, Nimr, Over, Qatif Uprising, Salman's, Saud, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Shi'ism, Shi'ite, Shi'ites, This
related to Lebanon · 22
Sectarianism → Ahliyya National School, By, Christian, First World War, French Mandate, Girls, In, It, Lebanon, Mandate, Muslim, Nadya Sbaiti, National Pact, Ottoman, Over, Republic, Some, Taif Agreement, The, These
related to Iraq · 18
Sectarianism → After, British, Christian Assyrians, Following, Iraq, Iraq's Shia, Iraqi, November, Ottoman Empire, Saddam Hussein, Shi'ites, Shia, Sunni, Sunni Hashemite, Sunni Iraqi, Sunnis, The Shia, This
related to Further reading · 15
Sectarianism → April, Archived, Clarendon Press, Contemporary Society, Middle East, New Religious Movements, Oxford, Sects, Survey Study, Syria, The Day After, The Social Dimensions, Wayback Machine Victor Argo, Wilson, Your Middle EastBryan
related to Religious sectarianism · 15
Sectarianism → Al Smith, Catholic, Catholic Christians, Catholic-Protestant, Catholicism, In, JFK, John, Kennedy, Prior, Probably, Protestant, The Troubles, West Virginia, Wherever
related to Definition · 10
Sectarianism → It, Nationalists, Non-sectarians, Northern Ireland, Oxford English Dictionary, Shia, Sunni Muslims, The, They, Unionists
related to Polemics against the term "sectarianism" · 9
Sectarianism → For, Many, Middle East, Obama, Scholars, Some, State, Union, Western
related to Australia · 8
Sectarianism → Australia, English, In, Irish Catholics, It, Muslim, Protestants, Scotch Irish
related to Religious dimension · 6
Sectarianism → Authors, In, Intersectionality, Lebanon, Maya Mikdashi, Sextarian
see also · 4
Sectarianism → ApartheidBigotChauvinismCollective, ChristiansSupremacismTribalismXenophobia, CybersectarianismDiscriminationEthnic, South Asia
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Important terminology
sectarian religious political also power yemen sunni within state iran war shia tensions violence houthis lebanon religion identities irish syria
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sectarianism | is a | debated concept | 0.90 | text |
| sex | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| class | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| and nationality among others | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| are essentially contributing to those experiences.Religious dimensionIntersectionality reveals that factors like sex | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| ethnicity | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| and socioeconomic status intersect with religious identity to shape individuals' experiences of sectarianism | instance of | Acknowledging that individuals' experiences of sectarianism are shaped not only by their religious affiliation or other sectarian categories but also by other dimensions | 0.80 | text |
| Maya Mikdashi introduced the concept of | instance of | Authors | 0.80 | text |
| socioeconomic status | instance of | Intersectionality helps to understand how for instance political affiliations intersect with factors | 0.80 | text |
| regional background | instance of | Intersectionality helps to understand how for instance political affiliations intersect with factors | 0.80 | text |
| providing insights into the motivation behind political mobilization | instance of | Intersectionality helps to understand how for instance political affiliations intersect with factors | 0.80 | text |
| the dynamics of power in sectarian settings.Implications for communitiesThe intersectionality of sectarianism has profound implications for affected communities | instance of | Intersectionality helps to understand how for instance political affiliations intersect with factors | 0.80 | text |
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