Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 isolate 42 marginalize 41 sectarian strife 41 destabilize 40 isolating 40 Sunni Shia 40 ostracise 39 destabilizing 39 destablise 39 alienate 38 provoke backlash 38 Sunni 38 Shi'ite clerics 38 Shi'as 38 Sunnis 37 disarm militias 37 majority Shi'ites 37 exacerbate tensions 37 Shiite theocracy 37 minority Sunnis 36 uproot 36 radicalize 36 Isolating 36 Shiite 36 expel Arafat 36 destabilization 35 sow chaos 35 Shia 35 stoke tensions 35 Shi'a 35 Muslim sects 35 fomenting violence 35 civil strife 35 Shi'ite 35 centrifugal forces 35 US backed 35 antagonize 35 sectarian divisions 35 instability 35 Shiites 35 sectarian tensions 35 Shi'ites 35 raging insurgency 35 disarm Hezbollah 34 Shiite Muslim 34 reoccupy Gaza 34 sectarian divides 34 predominantly Shia 34 Shiia 34 Mehdi Army 34 theocratic regime 34 sectarian warfare 34 Sunni Arab 34 stigmatize 34 isolation 34 bloodshed 34 contagion 34 secessionist movements 34 complicate 34 Sadrists 34 push 34 topple 34 exacerbating tensions 34 threaten 34 disband militias 34 ostracism 34 splintering 34 balkanization 34 Balkanization 33 Sunni Arabs 33 Sunni Muslim 33 Shia militias 33 inflame passions 33 ostracize 33 domino effect 33 al Jaafari 33 radical ideologies 33 Shiite clerics 33 radicalising 33 disempowerment 33 internal rifts 33 disintegration 33 sowing discord 33 Shi'i 33 uprisings 33 Shi'ite Muslim 33 Shiism 33 disarm 33 depopulate 33 foment 33 tribal rivalries 33 undermine 33 sectarian tension 33 weaken 33 Shiite militias 32 radical Islamism 32 react violently 32 separatist movements 32 internecine fighting 32 restore normality 32 inflaming tensions