They are leaving the sectarian conflict to the Iraqi police and focusing on the insurgency.
Tanzania has seen a rise in sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims in recent times.
He and his family recently fled their home in Baghdad after receiving a sectarian threat letter.
There, and in other neighbours, the Syrian exodus strains already explosive political and sectarian fault lines.
But his is almost a lone voice in an increasingly sectarian and tense region.
Mr. Sleiman repeatedly has urged Lebanon's dueling sectarian factions to stick by the state's policy.
Tanzania has seen a rise in sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims in the past year.
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Ireland's entry into the EU helped to end the worst of Northern Ireland's sectarian war.
Syria's conflict, as the kidnappings attest, is increasingly splitting the region along sectarian lines.
The Lebanon kidnappings underscored the fragile balance in the country, where sectarian tensions are deep.
But what does sectarian warfare look like when it becomes entrenched as a way of life?
Here's an example: The Pentagon says sectarian deaths in Iraq were sharply down in August.
Yet the Pentagon doesn't consider large bombings like that one an example of sectarian violence.
Lawlessness in the region has also allowed sectarian groups and criminal gangs to operate.
The intelligence estimate says there is no leader in Iraq who transcends sectarian differences.
The police said the attack was sectarian and a "serious attempt to kill or injure someone".
On Saturday Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said "evil" sectarian conflict was returning to Iraq.
Officials said the policeman was investigating numerous sectarian attacks and had recently received death threats.
We know that from our own experience with these units that they're strongly sectarian attitudes.
Scotland's new sectarian law is being used to good effect, according the country's lord advocate.
As reasons for optimism, he noted that sectarian killings were down by 55% since December.
First names can give a better clue, given the history of the sectarian split.
For Iraqis to bridge sectarian divides, they need to feel safe in their homes and neighborhoods.
Is anybody suggesting it's time to ratchet it down and avoid all-out sectarian conflict?
Antrim, with its sprawling housing estates, has in recent years been marked by sectarian tensions.
Anti-sectarian legislation has worked well in its first year, the justice secretary has said.
Sectarian strife also continues to plague the country, where Shiite Muslims dominate the central government.
But neither Presbyterian nativism, or any other sectarian impulse, would have sufficed to underpin a revolution.
Supt Smith said legislation covering sectarian chanting applied to travelling fans and was enactable outside Scotland.
All of the cadets interviewed say they want to help Iraq out of its sectarian quagmire.
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