In Which of the Following Ways Did Sectarianism Become a Trend

question 28

Multiple Choice

In which of the following ways did sectarianism become a trend in Iraqi politics?

• A) Istanbul education and British backing, supported through Faysal, elevated prestige of former Ottoman officials
• B) Iraq was the product of the British merging of three distinct Ottoman provinces, all of which contained a number of ethnic and religious groups
• C) In the post-Faysal years, army generals such as Bakr Sidqi used violence against minorities to achieve goals of nationalism and pan-Arabism
• D) All of these answers are correct