Word: sectarianism
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...matter whether Tommy is Catholic or Protestant, because a Protestant, especially a working-class Protestant, could say the same thing: that he's seen too many of his relatives, or friends or neighbors, hurt or killed. For Protestants too, the prospects of a civil war--some call it "escalated sectarian violence," others call it "tribal warfare"--mean that they will fight...
Even if the more sinister sectarian rituals are still strong, some of the other traditions of fanatic Orangeism are dying out. One of the true traditions of the Orange parade, the lambeg drum--weighing about 40 pounds and fabricated from oak, ash and goatskin (only the skin of the she-goat will do)--is just about extinct. A lambeg drummer used canes instead of drumsticks and during the course of a single parade, he'd break more than ten of them. That's because the drummer hits the drum as hard as he can. In the process, he hits...
Indefinite Truce. By the end of last week, the six-year casualty totals in Ulster's long-running sectarian warfare between a Protestant majority (1,037,600) and a Catholic minority (474,900) stood at 1,290 dead and 12,807 injured. Since the militant Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army declared an indefinite "truce" last February, the casualties among British soldiers have been greatly reduced. Five members of the 13,000-man force have been killed since the cease-fire began, compared with 16 in the previous seven months. But the civilian killing has continued unabated, with...
...Sectarian Distrust. Karami proposed a Cabinet, therefore, that would exclude both extreme right-and left-wing groups until the country had calmed down, but his proposal fell on deaf ears. So far the underlying issues -which cut to the heart of Lebanon's sectarian distrust between Christians and Moslems-have proved to be insoluble. "The difficulty in resolving the political crisis," observed a Western diplomat, "has hindered the resolution of the security crisis." At one point Karami threatened to give up his efforts to form a government, but by week's end had been persuaded by his colleagues...
...sectarian violence-the worst in more than a year-has occurred despite a ten-week truce between the militant Provisional Irish Republican Army or Provos and the British army. It comes as an ill-timed blow to Merlyn Rees, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who is attempting to restart a political dialogue. On May 1, elections are scheduled for a 78-seat convention whose members are to work out a new government for Ulster's 1 million Protestants and 500,000 Catholics...