Sectarian Clashes

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  Inside Lebanon Politics: Hezbollah, Iran And A Larger Battle For Hegemony

  Lebanon's political system is deeply entrenched in sectarian divisions. The country is a confessional democracy, meaning that key political and military positions are reserved for representatives of specific religious sects.

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  Amend Law To Make Everyone Say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Ramdev

  A country-wide ban on cow slaughter is necessary to prevent sectarian clashes and foster communal harmony, yoga teacher Ramdev said on Wednesday while also suggesting that the law should be amended to make everyone chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

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  2 Dead as violence Mars 'Make-Or-Break' Central Africa Vote

  Two people were killed Sunday as heavy weapons fire and clashes in the Muslim district of Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, marred a referendum on a new constitution aimed at ending years of sectarian strife.

• Myanmar Police Fire Shots to End Sectarian Riot in Mandalay

  Myanmar police fired shots on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police sources and a witness said.

• 17 Muslims Killed in Central Africa's Latest Sectarian Strife

  Gunmen have killed 17 Muslims at a camp in the centre of the strife-torn Central African Republic in the latest sectarian violence to wrack the impoverished country, peacekeepers said on Tuesday.

• Following sectarian clashes, Pakistan on high alert as people call for protest

  Pakistan on Friday boosted security across the country after Sunni Muslim groups called for protests against last week's sectarian violence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that killed 11 people.

• Curfew imposed in northwest Pakistan after two policemen shot dead

  Two policemen were shot dead today during a rally in northwest Pakistan to protest recent sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi.

• Pakistan imposes curfew in violence-hit Rawalpindi

  Pakistan on Saturday imposed a curfew in the city of Rawalpindi where sectarian clashes left eight people dead and more than 40 injured, officials said.

• Sectarian clashes leave seven dead in Pakistan

  Sectarian clashes in Pakistan's garrison city Rawalpindi left seven people dead and over 30 injured on Friday as worshippers massed to mourn the seventh century martyrdom of Hussain, the grandson of prophet Mohammad, officials said.

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  Muzaffarnagar riots: hid in a field for a full night, says one farmer

  Security forces have been ordered to shoot rioters on sight, as sectarian violence spread in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh, despite the curfew being enforced by the army.

• Muslims and Buddhists clash in northern Myanmar

  Muslims and Buddhists clashed in Myanmar's northern city of Lashio on Tuesday, witnesses said, as a wave of sectarian violence reached a mountainous region near China's border.

• 20 killed in sectarian violence in Nigeria: aid worker

  At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria's Taraba state on Friday, prompting a round-the-clock curfew, an aid worker has told AFP.

• Nearly 50 killed as sectarian violence flares in Iraq

  Nearly 50 people were killed in clashes on Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, sources said, on the third day of the most widespread violence in Iraq since US troops withdrew in December 2011.

• Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

  Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in the latest sectarian violence in the most populous Arab state.

• Muslims vanish as Buddhist attacks approach Myanmar's biggest city

  The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, they and many other Muslims are disappearing.