Sometimes a [[group]] that is under [[economic]] or political [[pressure]] will kill or attack members of another group which it regards as [[responsible]] for its own decline. It may also more rigidly define the [[definition]] of "[[orthodox]]" [[belief]] within its particular group or organisation, and expel or [[excommunicate]] those who do not [[support]] this newfound clarified definition of political or religious 'orthodoxy.' In other cases, [[dissenters]] from this orthodoxy will secede from the orthodox organisation and proclaim themselves as practitioners of a reformed [[belief]] system, or holders of a perceived former orthodoxy. At other times, sectarianism may be the [[expression]] of a group's [[nationalistic]] or [[cultural]] [[ambitions]], or exploited by [[demagogues]]. | Sometimes a [[group]] that is under [[economic]] or political [[pressure]] will kill or attack members of another group which it regards as [[responsible]] for its own decline. It may also more rigidly define the [[definition]] of "[[orthodox]]" [[belief]] within its particular group or organisation, and expel or [[excommunicate]] those who do not [[support]] this newfound clarified definition of political or religious 'orthodoxy.' In other cases, [[dissenters]] from this orthodoxy will secede from the orthodox organisation and proclaim themselves as practitioners of a reformed [[belief]] system, or holders of a perceived former orthodoxy. At other times, sectarianism may be the [[expression]] of a group's [[nationalistic]] or [[cultural]] [[ambitions]], or exploited by [[demagogues]]. |