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# Infographic: understanding sectarianism
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/infographic-understanding-sectarianism/
- Published: 2015-01-29T17:01:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T08:45:38.000Z
- Description: A very accessible introduction to how we should grasp and portray sect and sectarianism in Syria and the Middle East.
- Author: Craig Browne
- Tags: Middle East & North Africa, #Migrated, North Africa, West Asia, Syria, Violent transitions, Looking inside the uprising, Syria and sectarianism, sectarianism, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 15:17, #appended-excerpt

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A very accessible introduction to how we should grasp and portray sect and sectarianism in Syria and the Middle East.