<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:20:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/sectarianism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A thought experiment. Will Birmingham explode in some way post May 7th?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the 7th of May of this year the entire cohort of councillors in Birmingham will be up for election. Unlike some councils, this year’s election will not be one where only a third of councilors will face]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/a-thought-experiment-will-birmingham-explode-in-some-way-post-may-7th</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/a-thought-experiment-will-birmingham-explode-in-some-way-post-may-7th</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3NuDByRy2AxXtUf7SWGgYZVR2eQX5fzB5cWJYzu5MRqF1da7oyULuTFyseVWfgJTq2jXcuVr66eP9ZV5o197L8vvLSYjHEptCJrk4xegni3MVkpJK6AznPU2yU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Elsewhere: A return to Britain of the 1970’s could be on the cards but in a far far worse way. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain’s decline is now so obvious that not only does it attract negative comment from the US government but there are increasingly those, myself included, who draw parallels with the 1970’s where Britain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/from-elsewhere-a-return-to-britain-of-the-1970s-could-be-on-the-cards-but-in-a-far-far-worse-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/from-elsewhere-a-return-to-britain-of-the-1970s-could-be-on-the-cards-but-in-a-far-far-worse-way</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:25:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3NuDByRy2AxXtUf7SWGgYZVR226jXeHbXMi66QjDduZRsiJNk5VrW7yrDqviAMEgYoaZAtkN5PiqT5wzUZgHe9r4GjU483mtgdKZHC9UH9Y8VHCiLxAkRYzzdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countering civilisationalism: Lebanese and Iraqi protesters transcend sectarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. Protests in Lebanon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lebanon/@mideastsoccer/countering-civilisationalism-lebanese-and-iraqi-protesters-transcend-sectarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lebanon/@mideastsoccer/countering-civilisationalism-lebanese-and-iraqi-protesters-transcend-sectarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[lebanon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mideastsoccer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel adopts abandoned Saudi sectarian logic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid ever closer cooperation with Saudi Arabia, Israel’s military appears to be adopting the kind of sectarian anti-Shiite rhetoric that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is abandoning as part of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@amnlive/israeladoptsabandonedsaudisectarianlogic-2w9x93w9ts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@amnlive/israeladoptsabandonedsaudisectarianlogic-2w9x93w9ts</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[amnlive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWdK4rNbTmPdJYqCYKZNpNmMoUVwjUvMBK43m1uqAoEnFNcK19zk5Hdg4buTfAqKVhCRJaGzXc4futZPHCBn67Awo31iQzqhboMBXbwAjD9vif77rSonGHtbPQpmwPvgA2b5ev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sectarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have my own differences with both of these savants,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sectarianism/@travelmaster/20180510t040603630z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sectarianism/@travelmaster/20180510t040603630z</guid><category><![CDATA[sectarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelmaster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 04:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy8t1w6u4AC4ZL8T4kvFVGTgT4hkN8vPDg9JUwvG9WjNb2UdLVERBMaqbhkisS4v3c4SzFsTrjNP9uAfv7Kx6wg4mLHGjsq53RFNWn7b8bTX4XbvDkWkC4s5We?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A view on events in Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[The herd behavior continues to play an essential role in our lives as human beings and the most prominent manifestations of the herd behavior are religions in their classification of people between a believer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jinaa/a-view-on-events-in-syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@jinaa/a-view-on-events-in-syria</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jinaa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2LVPPFw4a6v9fFRgtCZ7BbRqJ3mfzJFP4xRN5huXjkxHJMCSwUWjRjK4XMfWdyCrqqXoBxydgv8SMLCcRvJmAQAS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>