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I've put the NPOV tag on this, although perhaps general clean up would be better. A lot of this seem to be original research It's pretty difficult to be balanced in such an article, but that is the goal. . I thought a more substantive article would be useful. Most of the references concentrate on religious sects but sects can obviously also be political. If somebody wants to make the article more "neutral" this is of course always possible. The article aims to convey the kinds of mentality, habits and practices typical of sectarianism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jurriaan (talk • contribs) on 25 July 2005.
I don't mind if you abandon my article on sectarianism, I hoped somebody would do better, but I don't really think your article satisfactorily defines what sectarianism is. Talking about remedies is quite OK... if sectarianism is viewed as a human problem, though perhaps I did not phrase it well. I think you have to be able to read the definition and be able to identify and distinguish what it is reasonably well. And while we are on the subject, let us not forget the rich history of Christian sects (why just Ireland?), the Falun Gong, PNAC, the Moonies, etc. which have all been called sects. (User:Jurriaan 19 Sept 2005).
"As a pejorative term, accusations of sectarianism may sometimes be used to demonize an opposing group and thus serve as a convenient ploy to evade taking what somebody says or does seriously." Does this mean that accusing someone else of being sectarian is in fact a stance of sectarianism by creating a group in which to be in opposition to? If this could be discussed, it might lead to good information to be added to the article.(User:stevenwagner 3 Nov 2005)
A sectarian conflict usually refers to conflict along religious and political lines such as the conflicts between between Shia and Sunni Muslims, or between Catholics and Protestants in Ulster or western Scotland. A sectarian conflict may also refer to general philosophical or political conflict between different schools of thought.
I have never once heard the term "sectarian conflict" used for anything other than a war, certainly not attributed to the situation in Scotland or the general differences between Shia and Sunni. This is completely POV. In addition, unless evidence can be provided, I am not aware of any conflict along "political lines" between Catholics and Protestants in western Scotland. 82.13.187.66 18:21, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
I really think its a stretch to link Calvinism w/ sectarianism.
From Sect: "A sect is in a non-Indian context generally a small religious or political group." The sectarianism article lists, among others, protestant/catholic, chritian/muslim conflicts... Not exactly small groups. Sect and Sectarianism obviously have the same etymological root, but really deal with quite different topics. They should best stay separate. Caoilte
I see there's now a proposal to merge this article with sectarian violence. I'm neutral for now. Sectarianism includes discrimination and prejudice as well as outright violence, so it's not wholly the same... on the other hand, the fewer articles about abstractions the better, most likely, so instead we can jump right in and link to articles about real things (i.e. instead of having a structure where we siphon off into sections like ((Main|Sectarian violence)), we instead merge everything and then point to ((Main|Sectarian violence in Iraq))). Maybe I've talked myself into a weak support. QuartierLatin1968 22:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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I linked to this page from another Wiki article (Guy Fawkes Night) which linked the word 'sectarian' to sectarianism. To merge would be a bad idea. The definition of sectarian is '... a characteristic of a sect, a religious group adhering to a distinctive doctrine...'. Not all sectarian groups have violent characteristics, and some are specifically NON-violent. Mfields1 12:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
From the very first line this article assumes that the reader already knows what Sectarianism is.
The first line tells me:
The ideological underpinnings of attitudes and behaviors labeled as sectarian are extraordinarily varied.
Perhaps I can reverse-engineer from this that sectarianism is anything "labeled" as sectarian, but even if that's true, it seems to have fallen into a Fallacy of definition (in particular Defining with a synonym).
Not having the article-subject defined in the header (or anywhere else) is probably against guidelines (E.g. First Sentence Style & WP:NOT which says: "An article should usually begin with a clear description that summarizes the subject as described in the rest of the article"). All the good articles I've read on Wikipedia do take this approach of firstly introducing & defining the subject. I suggest that this article does the same.
On a practical level, the article isn't very useful to me, as I'm genuinely unsure of the implications in this word(having been given a variety of definitions from mostly meaning 'intransigent' to mostly meaning 'emphasising petty differences'). Wiktionary:Sectarianism defines the word as:
Rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination
If 'sectarianism' doesn't have any special characteristics beyond that, I think it should be included in the first paragraph (so that everyone knows what the article is about). I also realize that defining the precise meaning of this term is very difficult, but I don't think that's a reason not to try.
Wragge 14:35, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't it have it's own page like the ones for pakistan, the mid east, europe, etc? it sort goes on and on and doesn't seem right for this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.234.79 (talk) 05:29, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
There should maybe be an aditional note on the concept of nonsectarianism. For a long time, Protestants refered to themselves as nonsectarian because they did not claim to belong to a Church, such as members of the Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church do. This sectarian definition of nonsectarianism paradoxically led them to exclude Catholics and others from their own institutions, which were quintessentially WASP, and not very tolerant of cultural and sectarian distinctives. ADM (talk) 13:54, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
i thought sectarianism is only between denominations within religious traditions, therefore conflicts between religions (between hindus and muslims for example) should not be classified as sectarianism. Yiyun 02:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Sectarianism is one of those things with a very vague definition. The PSNI define sectarianism in the following manner
The term 'sectarian', whilst not clearly defined, is a term almost exclusively used in Northern Ireland to describe incidents of bigoted dislike or hatred of members of a different religious or political group. It is broadly accepted that within the Northern Ireland context an individual or group must be perceived to be Catholic or Protestant, Nationalist or Unionist, Loyalist or Republican.
(Taken from page 22 of the "HATE INCIDENTS & CRIMES - PSNI Statistics: Annual Statistical Report" [1]
In the Northern Irish context, is it safe to assume that sectarianism refers to any "bigoted dislike or hatred" towards the other section and side of the divide? That's how the term is used here, not entirely religious. PatrickC (talk) 21:33, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I've looked at several different dictionaries, and none of them support the definition presented here. This entire article is unsourced, and should be rewritten. If no one else fixes it by Saturday, I'm going to come up with some new title and create a stub at the "sectarian" page.Heqwm2 (talk) 04:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
Four pieces of trivia are sourced. The central article is completely unsourced.Heqwm2 (talk) 04:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Dr.enh, what the hell is your problem? I took this entire article, moved it to the "Sectarian discrimination" page (changing references to the article subject as needed), and then replaced the text on this page with a stub and a link to that page. On that page, you insisted on putting a tag on the article saying it was unsourced. On this page, which is virtually the same text, you refuse to acknowledge that it is unsourced. I can't see any explanation other than you have some sort of bizarre vendetta against me and insist on taking the opposite position of whatever I say.Heqwm2 (talk) 08:27, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
The first statement of this article "Sectarianism is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion or the factions of a political movement." has no source, and should be removed. Anyone who disagrees should post a substantive response.Heqwm2 (talk) 22:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Sectarianism is a man-made word used to communicate the simple fact that different religious groups do exist. Dsoconno (talk) 02:21, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
To be blunt I don't like the section of Ireland. Anyone who has studied Irish History will know that most of the conflict stemmed form political differences, although religious differences did play a part. Reading the article suggests that the entire conflict was simply between catholics vs protestants with the political causes being insignificant. That ignores people like Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmett, Charles Stewart Parnell, William Smith O'Brien, Jack White, Constance Gore Booth, Sean O'Casey, Sam Maguire and Sean MacStiofian who were all protestant and committed Republicans. Exiledone (talk) 17:29, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
This whole article is bogus. Like stated above, it assumes we already know what Sectarianism is. On top of that, you have Sectarianism that doesn't result in hatred, violence, or SEGREGATION. Sectarianism is not Segregation. If we care for our language and accuracy we best rewrite this entire article.
No one could possibly doubt that Sectarianism can bring conflict, but it itself is not conflict. A Society OFTEN has many SECTS within it. We can't have Wikipedia bullhorning Orwellian philosophy.
195.222.108.157 (talk) 05:21, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi all, I'm a student at Georgetown University and for a class we have to edit/expand/create a Wiki entry on a topic related to the Arab world. As such, I've decided to expand on the Lebanon section of this article by providing some historical background, information about the Lebanese political system, the Civil War, and recent events related to sectarian violence. Any comments/suggestions would be useful once I edit! Ls1030 (talk) 00:54, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I am a student from Leiden University and like the student above i have to edit/expand/create a wiki entry on a topic related to Sectarianism. I have chosen to focus on the 1975 Civil War, discussing particular events that were sectarian in origin and in nature. 3rd May 2020.
Hi, another student here! I'm taking up the suggestion of creating a separate sectarianism in Lebanon article. I will work on it in the next months, so please contact me here if you have any suggestion in mind. Ziribilla (talk) 13:17, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Maybe 'fissiparous' could be replaced by a more common word?
I was astonished to see that in Britain the use of "sectarian language" in some public places is a punishable offense. Using the religious jargon of a particular denomination or religious persuasion is a crime?? If a Catholic speaks of the sacrament of reconciliation, a Muslim mentions the sevenfold circumambulation of the Kaaba, a Jew mentions a bar mitzvah, a Lutheran mentions the ninety-five theses, a member of the Church of England wonders who will be the next archbishop of Canterbury, they can serve a term in prison for that?? Then I found this Wikipedia article, which begins as follows:
I wonder if in a million years I'd ever have guessed that that's what anyone would mean by that word. Isn't this a regional usage, not generally known in the English-speaking world? I live in Minneapolis. The constitution of the state of Minnesota, where I live, forbids the use of taxpayer's money to support "sectarian schools". That simply means schools affiliated with a particular religious denomination. Shouldn't the title of an article on this topic be "bigotry" or something like that? Michael Hardy (talk) 03:57, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
The definition in the first sentence has been discussed previously and I also find it strange. An IP editor recently changed it slightly but the result is also suboptimal. My impression is that sectarianism is mostly about separation from other groups (i.e. the formation of splinter groups, denominations, etc) for doctrinal or ideological reasons. A source I just checked mentions the importance of the belief that one's ideas are better than others as a cause and coalitionism as one of the results.[1] And another source attributing causes like fanatism as cause of sectarianism.[2] Starting with "Sectarianism is a form of bigotry..." may still be a bit bold and imprecise. "Sectarianism can cause..." may be suitable elsewhere than as the first sentence (and digresses from what sectarianism is or what its causes are). The sentence used to attribute bigotry as a reason for sectarianism, but now considers bigotry as a possible consequence of sectarianism, which is very different. I have thus reverted it for now. —PaleoNeonate – 21:14, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
References
... most religions claim that they are the only true faith and that others are false ... Cognitive scientists of religion believe that sectarianism triggers our cognitive system of 'coalitionism'
This, for Locke, gave carte blanche to the 'enthusiast' or fanatic, hence to sectarianism and social division.
Hi Wikipedia editors, I am working on an assignment to attribute to a Wikipedia entry and think the sections on Iraq and Syria could use some expansion. This would be intended to imbed the existence of sectarianism in a more historical framework, focus on others outings of sectarianism apart from the Syrian and Iraqi civil war and perhaps outbalance the difference between the Lebanese section and other sections. I was wondering if you have any thoughts on elaborating on these entries and for those who have previously worked on this article, if they could tell me why the Iraqi and Syrian entries have not been elaborated before? Thanks a lot!Power&Resistance2020 (talk) 11:25, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am a student of a Middle Eastern Studies programme. For a course assignment supported by Wiki Education I have to work on an article. The Yemen section contains only two sentences about Yemen's recent sectarian clashes. I have decided to elaborate on the history of sectarianism in Yemen.--S2149249 (talk) 12:15, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
I would like to use the following sources to improve the article. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!
Caldwell, Donald K. (2009). The Hegemony of sectarianism in Lebanon. Makdisi, Ussama (2000). The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon. Berkeley: University of California Press. Dina Rizk Khoury. (2002). The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 33(1), 163-164. Dodge, Toby. (2020). Introduction: Between Wataniyya and Ta'ifia; understanding the relationship between state‐based nationalism and sectarian identity in the Middle East. Nations and Nationalism, 26(1), 85-90. Weiss, Max. In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi’ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010).
MLPQG (talk) 09:28, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
All sectarianism is not religious in nature. The lead of the article correctly states this; however, the article classifies all forms of sectarianism under the header of religion, with content that is inconsistent with that heading. I am going to break out some of those non-religion related examples into the their own sub-headings.--FeralOink (talk) 11:15, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I am a student working on the topic of sectarianism and would like to propose some edits. These are aligned with the discussion on the talk page asking to contribute to making the article “more neutral”, with a less biased definition towards the religious aspect of the concept and "more substantive".
I think that the current definition is biased as it aligns with the traditional state-centric and political view that understands sectarianism as pre-existing fixed and incompatible communal structures in society, without acknowledging the social constructivist understanding of sectarianism as a set of daily practices that people strategically use and transcend to create their own political spaces.
On that basis and to start with, I have edited the first sentence:
"Sectarianism is a debated concept. Some scholars and journalists understand it as pre-existing fixed communal categories in society, and use it to explain political, cultural, or religious conflicts between groups. Others conceive of sectarianism as a set of social practices where daily life is organised on the basis of communal norms and rules that individuals strategically use and transcend. This definition highlights the co-constitutive aspect of sectarianism and people’s agency, as opposed to understanding sectarianism as fixed and incomaptible boundaries people are bound by."
And the header to be more neutral:
"This article is about sectarianism and its different conceptual interpretations”
I deleted the below part, because it was biased and there were no references/sources:
"is a political, cultural, or religious conflict between two groups. Prejudice, discrimination, exclusion, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo and if one group holds more power within the government. Often, not all members of these groups are engaged in the conflict. But as tensions rise, political solutions require the participation of more people from either side within the country or polity where the conflict is happening. Common examples of these divisions are denominations of a religion, ethnic identity, class, or region for citizens of a state and factions of a political movement." Curiouschanter (talk) 18:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi all,
I have deleted the section on "splintering" because it was almost fully made up of pretty big claims which were not cited. Wisenose (talk) 15:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
A useful point of reference for consideration, while the idea of "fixed" or "communal" boundaries, seems potentially relevant - to understanding the idea of 'sect' - ethnic expressions of identity are those shared and physical aspects, as readily as emotional aspects, - that are most often rooted in some permanent aspect of relation, belonging to populations, and is enfranchised by such common and physical relation - meaning, what is at first potentially observable as "belief" or "feeling", becomes a physical characteristic, and by way of this, - in modern terms, ethnicity is recognized, and becomes political when it is ownership of land, or ownership of some other kind, - such as the relation to genius of some kind, relation to intellectual property, to method, process, purpose, intention, ideology. In many cases, most cases - we see ethnicity as relating to the ownership of land - physically real people live in physically real places. BY comparison, "sectarianism", - a sect is more readily a common medium for shared culture or belief, it is even the channel, absent of specific belief, - simply the medium for the communication of norms and ideology and perception and belief - and by way of this, the expression of physical facts, not rooted in the aforementioned process - common feeling, owned method, enfranchised by property and land - but rather, medium, feelings and beliefs, expression of physical identity - this difference, in terms of the relation groups and people, to identity of such kinds, seems to be the distinction, between "ethnicity" in the proper sense, and "ethnosectarian" identity. 217.180.232.46 (talk) 13:01, 31 July 2024 (UTC)