Word: sectarian
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...Professor’s work may have more soul than substance. And sometimes even his fellow liberals sell out to The Man, as The New Republic did in 1995 when its Leon Wieseltier famously called West’s work “almost completely worthless...noisy, tedious, slippery, sectarian, humorless, pedantic, and self-endeared...
...Nationalist forces, bodes well for a lasting peace process. At a time when extremism and terrorism are posing new dangers to the world, the progress in Northern Ireland provides welcome relief. Now the various parties must together seize the opportunity for peace and move beyond blind violence and sectarian division...
...Kandahar to take control of most of Afghanistan. Initially they were welcomed as peacemakers by the war-weary population, but with order largely restored, the Taliban leaders overextended their mandate and lost much popular support. They pursued a costly military campaign to subjugate every rival ethnic and sectarian group, and stopped women from working or studying. Their interpretation of Islam was severe: thieves had their hands amputated; men were physically punished for not wearing beards. Omar the hard-liner was at the center of every decision, including the destruction of two giant Buddhist statues in Bamiyan earlier this year...
...natural response to an article like this is to say that I’m just another religious person exploiting people’s emotional vulnerability after a national tragedy for my sectarian goals. I am a follower of Jesus. But let me explain why I think our emotional vulnerability is a healthy crossroads for all of us—under the cloak of crowd behavior, we can feel safe finally unveiling the deep loneliness and insecurity that saturates our souls under the surface of confident competence...
...pull of extremism. Even the sons of some wealthy businessmen are growing beards and joining the jihad against India over the disputed territory of Kashmir, often to the dismay of their secular-leaning families. Others sign up for local wars: more than 100 Pakistanis have been killed in sectarian attacks since the beginning of this year. In recent months, minority Shia professionals, especially doctors, have been targeted for assassination. Doctors are among the best educated and most successful Shia professionals in Pakistan, and their murders are particularly intimidating. In July, the chairman of Pakistan State Oil, a respected Shia executive...