1. In practice, the marches demonstrate Protestant strength in numbers, make many Catholics feel like second-class citizens and inevitably inflame sectarian passions, particularly in Portadown. 2. In practice, the marches demonstrate Protestant strength in numbers and inevitably inflame sectarian passions, particularly in Portadown. 3. Sectarian passions first flared in the area on Tuesday, when Protestant militants began throwing rocks and bottles at Catholic schoolgirls. 4. Sectarian passions run high in Northern Ireland each summer, when Protestant fraternal groups led by the Orange Order stage marches across this British territory. 5. Suspected Irish Republican Army gunmen opened fire on police and Protestant homes and anti-Catholic militants responded with homemade grenades Monday as sectarian passions flared in north Belfast. 6. The attack stirred sectarian passions at a time when efforts to draw British Protestant politicians into peace talks with IRA supporters are deadlocked. 7. The government has accused him of trying to capitalize on the church bombing to whip up sectarian passions, reignite the civil war and declare a Christian mini-state. 8. The issue of traditional Protestant marches inflames sectarian passions in Northern Ireland. 9. The marches inevitably inflame sectarian passions, particularly in Portadown. 10. The political crisis comes at a moment when sectarian passions traditionally run at their highest in Northern Ireland. |