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Sectarian violence

Sectarian battle between Sunnis and Twelver Shias at the Battle of Chaldiran (Ottoman and Safavid wars)

Sectarian violence or sectarian strife is a form of communal violence which is inspired by sectarianism, that is, discrimination, hatred or prejudice between different sects of a particular mode of an ideology or different sects of a religion within a nation or community. Religious segregation often plays a role in sectarian violence.


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عنف طائفي Arabic Violència sectària Catalan Violencia sectaria Spanish خشونت فرقه‌ای FA Violência sectária Portuguese Sekteriskt våld Swedish

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