Word: sectarian
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...encouraging children to become suicide bombers” and enabling it “to recruit suicide bombers by offering support to their families.” But in the end, the organization that benefited from the interfaith fundraiser was not HLF, but rather the non-sectarian Red Crescent, which is a member of the International Red Cross. Yasin has said that the Red Crescent was a more appropriate recipient, because the charity effort was interfaith...
...encouraging children to become suicide bombers” and enabling it “to recruit suicide bombers by offering support to their families.” But in the end, the organization that benefited from the interfaith fundraiser was not HLF, but rather the non-sectarian Red Crescent, which is a member of the International Red Cross. Yasin has said that the Red Crescent was a more appropriate recipient, because the charity effort was interfaith...
Abdullah responded by noting that ties to Israel let Jordan help broker an end to the incursions and send humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Yet he is at pains to address the underlying sectarian tensions, lest they lead to another Black September, when Bedouin loyalists crushed a Palestinian insurgency in 1970. Sources close to the King tell Time he aims to make Jordan's Palestinians feel part of the Kingdom, despite their loyalty to West Bank Palestinians, and to warn East Bankers not to act as if they own the country...
...Meanwhile, Musharraf must also resolve some knotty issues that go beyond the hunt for bin Laden. To ensure Pakistan's stability, he must rely on the ISI to crack down on sectarian extremists, who have killed more than 70 people this year. Yet elements in the agency are believed to have maintained shady connections with these groups. Then there's the matter of the Pakistani leader's own survival. Many Pakistanis are angry with America these days, over the civilian bombing casualties in Afghanistan and Washington's support of Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians, who like most Pakistanis...
...backed Muslim rebels in Kashmir, a disputed territory that both India and Pakistan claim as their own. Five months ago, violence by the guerrillas escalated tensions between India and Pakistan and nearly led to full-scale warfare. The President must also rely on the agency to crack down on sectarian extremists who operate within Pakistan proper - zealots have killed more than 70 people this year, including two Americans and three others in an Islamabad church in March - even though the ISI is believed to have kept up indirect links with these groups in the past...