Word: ethnicize
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...effort to promote sectarian violence among Muslims ... because they believe that is the only way to stop Iraq's march toward the democracy terrorists fear." In the aftermath of Tuesday's carnage, Iraqi leaders of all stripes were quick to urge their constituents not to turn on ethnic or religious rivals. But U.S. Army General John Abizaid, the Pentagon commander responsible for Iraq, warned that "civil war is possible" if the violence escalates and conceded that Iraq's fledgling homegrown security forces remain "weak spots." Still, he said, there "is a much greater chance" that Iraq will emerge...
...coarse neo-Hobbesian code applicable only to those donning the uniform blues. Though clearly defined social distinctions exist within the group, an unwavering loathing of those not belonging to their Baltic tribal clique transcends all barriers. The Muslims hate the Christians and vice-versa, thanks to generations of ethnic and religious warfare, and no one seemed to like Benny very much. But if an outsider dare slight just one—even Benny—the dogs will be nipping at your heels...
Aitken highlights historical errors as well; for example, despite the extreme unlikelihood that Jesus would have spoken any Latin, he converses with Pontius Pilate fluently in the film. Greek, which was spoken commonly in Jerusalem at the time, is completely absent. Additionally, Gibson misrepresents the ethnic make-up of Jerusalem and greatly heightens the role of the so-called “Jewish mob,” which calls for Jesus’s death. According to Aitken, Gibson also fictionally contextualizes Judas’s story, adding a scene of his harassment by a group of morphing, devil-like...
...church’s nascent stages, she explains, they were in part an attempt to “unify a given community and define one group against another.” Thus, it is impossible to “put modern labels” on the complicated racial and ethnic makeup of first century Jerusalem, she says...
DIED. BORIS TRAJKOVSKI, 47, President of Macedonia; in a plane crash; in southern Bosnia. A Methodist minister and respected moderate, he was elected in 1999 as the country's second President and won popular support for his inclusionary policies that welcomed ethnic Albanians into state government...