Word: sectarianism
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...They Kill Each Other" instead of "Why They Hate Each Other." I am a Shi'ite Muslim, and I do not hate Sunnis. Millions of Sunnis and Shi'ites are like me. We are the silent majority. Ignorance and intolerance have helped ignite old dormant prejudices and led to sectarian and hatred killings. Provided that regional political and military troubles are resolved, it will take generations and new systems of education to make religious and political leaders preach progress, tolerance, care and love among all human beings, whether they are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu or of any other faith. Nagi...
...Northern Ireland (PSNI) that when a young Catholic like Rory Fitzpatrick - who just 15 years ago could have viewed the force as his natural enemy - explains why he joined in 2004, his answers are unremarkable: good prospects, good work, good pay. "Everyone seems to have us pigeonholed as sectarian, not police, but soldiers," says Fitzpatrick, 27. "That's not the way it is anymore...
Like Belfast itself, the PSNI has managed to shed its sectarian colors only in stages. For decades the Royal Ulster Constabulary, as the PSNI was known until 2001, was seen as pro-unionist. A police report in January revealed that officers colluded with Protestant paramilitaries throughout the 1990s, ignoring murders carried out by police informers. But today the PSNI reflects the region's broad move toward reconciliation, which took another step forward on March 26, when leaders of the long-feuding Democratic Unionist Party and the nationalist Sinn Fein party agreed to form a power-sharing government...
...They Kill Each Other" instead of "Why They Hate Each Other." I am a Shi'ite Muslim, and I do not hate Sunnis. Millions of Sunnis and Shi'ites are like me. We are the silent majority. Ignorance and intolerance have helped ignite old dormant prejudices and led to sectarian and hatred killings. Provided that regional political and military troubles are resolved, it will take generations and new systems of education to make religious and political leaders preach progress, tolerance, care and love among all human beings, whether they are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu or of any other faith. Nagi...
...home. For Iraqis, rage and shame and need are deadlocked. Two-thirds say they have no faith in American troops and that their presence makes things worse; more than half say it's acceptable to attack them. But withdrawal would leave civilians at the mercy of corrupt, inept and sectarian leaders and security forces, so only 35% say they want the troops...