Like 5 November, this Bonfire Night also has its roots in the sectarian struggle between Protestants and Catholics.

The government was set up by the April, 1998 peace accord that was aimed at putting an end to three decades of sectarian struggles that have cost more than 3,600 lives.

"It was and is Marxist, but did not hew to the party line or get into sectarian struggles."

His "Gloria," danced to a hymn in praise of God, suggests a collective wrestling with the spirit, not a sectarian struggle.

Americans have no intention of taking sides in a sectarian struggle or standing in the cross-fire between rival factions.

He was an associate of political leaders with violent prescriptions for solving Northern Ireland's sectarian struggle, an enemy of the power-sharing proposal he now champions and an ally of Mr. Paisley.

With its lush groves of date palms and abundant oil reserves, it is emerging as a crucial strategic territory in the sectarian struggle now gripping the country.

It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and sectarian struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the blanket protest against the removal of prisoners' political status by the British Government.

Could this be the beginning of a sectarian struggle that could draw Iraq and maybe even Iran into it?

They had been living and active in the Middle East, and were on holiday in Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region of Iraq free from the sectarian struggle that dominates much of Iraq.