"Sectarianism deafens and blinds individuals and societies to reason, hinders progress and, ultimately, can lead to the sort of violence that we see in Iraq."
Shaikh Khalid was speaking on the second day of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue at the Ritz-Carlton-Bahrain Hotel and Spa
MANAMA: Sectarianism is fuelling violence which could spread across the Gulf if it is not stamped out, Bahrain warned yesterday.
"The sectarian violence in Iraq and the fuel it provides to hatred, extremism and terrorism in the region and beyond must be halted as a matter of the outmost urgency," said Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
"Sectarianism deafens and blinds individuals and societies to reason, hinders progress and, ultimately, can lead to the sort of violence that we see in Iraq."
Shaikh Khalid was speaking on the second day of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue at the Ritz-Carlton-Bahrain Hotel and Spa.
