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For example, even though Iran and Saudi Arabia are bitter enemies, both tend to view Iraq through a similar confessional prism (albeit taking different sides in the sectarian competition), while Washington's vision of Iraq as a nonsectarian state is closer to Syria's and Turkey's.
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Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
My child’s teacher is teaching doctrinal errors related to my religion, despite the school’s claim of being nonsectarian.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
About Gulliver Schools Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission of providing a superior, personalized college-preparatory education fostering well-rounded, successful, lifelong learners.
—Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2015
As Iraqis struggled to reconstitute their state, no single actor had the power or incentive to disband these groups or force them to enter a national, nonsectarian military.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
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Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
My child’s teacher is teaching doctrinal errors related to my religion, despite the school’s claim of being nonsectarian.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
About Gulliver Schools Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission of providing a superior, personalized college-preparatory education fostering well-rounded, successful, lifelong learners.
—Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2015
As Iraqis struggled to reconstitute their state, no single actor had the power or incentive to disband these groups or force them to enter a national, nonsectarian military.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Nonsectarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsectarian. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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