Sectarianism

Ultranationalism, or extreme nationalism, is an extremist form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its specific interests. Ultranationalist entities have been associated with the engagement of political violence even during peacetime.

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Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists define it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain political, cultural, or religious conflicts between groups. Others conceive of sectarianism as a set of social practices where daily life is organized on the basis of communal norms and rules that individuals strategically use and transcend. This definition highlights the co-constitutive aspect of sectarianism and people's agency, as opposed to understanding sectarianism as being fixed and incompatible communal boundaries.

divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes

tendency of a group to make more extreme decisions than the inclinations of its members

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Takfiri is an Arabic and Islamic term denoting a Muslim who excommunicates one of their coreligionists—i.e., who accuses another Muslim of being an apostate, or , 'one who turns back'.

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Al-Awamia, also spelled Al-Awamiyah, ( '''') is a town in the Qatif Governorate, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

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segregation of society into different social groups

The Bedoon or Bidoon or Bidoun (), fully Bidoon jinsiya, are stateless people in several Middle Eastern countries, but particularly in Kuwait, where there is a large population of stateless people who lack access to many of the country's basic services. It is widely believed that the Bedoon issue in Kuwait is sectarian in nature.

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violence motivated by conflict between sects of ideology or religion

hostility or prejudice towards Irish people

1920–1948 conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine

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history of contested divisive sectarian regional symbols

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