Concept
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute:
Traditionally, sectarian violence implies a symmetrical confrontation between two or more non-state actors representing different population groups.Sectarian violence differs from the concept of race riot. It may involve the dynamics of social polarization, the balkanization of a geographic area along the lines of self identifying groups, and protracted social conflict.
Some of the possible inputs for sectarian violence include power struggles, political climate, social climate, cultural climate, and economic landscape.
- economic - capitalism and collectivism
- political - communist and nationalist
- Christianity - Catholic and Protestant
- Inter Religion - Muslim and Christian
- Islam - Shia and Sunni
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