At least one alliance that is predicted to do well has a secular and admirably non-sectarian outlook.

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The voters preferred Mr Riordan's non-sectarian approach to politics, which has seen him choosing his allies and appointees regardless of party.

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IQRA' is a Lebanese non-profit, non-sectarian and non-political organization whose mission is to encourage a lifetime reading habit among children and youth.

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Its new plan to expand its appeal beyond its own Shia people to Sunni Muslims and Christian Lebanese depends on it forming a non-sectarian resistance group.

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MP, has impressed with her moderation, courage and non-sectarian embrace.

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Selfless Marketing, I alluded to it as an example of how the emergent business trend toward spirituality can be applied to business in a non-denominational, non-sectarian, yet highly effective way.

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But the new British government, like its predecessor, ignores loyalist transgressions to make wider negotiations possible, and because the nationalist and non-sectarian parties in the talks regard their spokesmen so highly.

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As leader of the non-sectarian Alliance Party, Lord Alderdice must deal with a challenge faced by all his predecessors - how to retain the support of voters from both sides of the community.

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But as far as my party is concerned the second paragraph of our manifesto states that we are non-racist, non-sectarian and we're open to any British person who wants to or understands what freedom, tolerance are all about.

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Many liberal Jews still see sectarian day schools as somehow un-American, and the relatively few Conservative and non-denominational day schools have seen a drop in enrolment since the 2008 financial crisis.

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