Meanings of religious sectarianism in English

The trend at the moment is away from religious sectarianism.

He opposed vicious religious sectarianism while his vision of a multi-religious India was bitterly resisted by Hindu extremists.

Courts are to be given new powers to punish more severely crimes motivated by religious sectarianism, racism and homophobia.

Intestine wars, when not connected with a foreign quarrel, are generally the result of a conflict of opinions, of political or religious sectarianism.

But more laudable is the commitment to "mainstreaming" shared education programmes in Northern Ireland, where division, religious sectarianism and racism remain stubbornly prevalent.