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Sectarian violence
Violence motivated by conflict between sects of ideology or religion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sectarian violence and/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/community. Religious segregation often plays a role in sectarian violence.
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