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(1) This, as stated, is about preventing sectarian violence, not promoting it. It is quite believable, dictatorships are not into encouraging sectarian violence, as that may lead to loss of control, to resentment, and is overall not desirable. (Superficial reading may create an impression of the opposite intent somehow, I guess) (2) It has potentially damaging bit, "killings at checkpoints" (unclear why, at whose checkpoints, by whom, etc) (3)Dictatorships in general would like to come across as wise and just. It is not really expected to find a document which reads like "let's commit a crime against humanity". If anything, that would be demoralizing to those who have to execute the policies and are reading those documents. --Resup (talk) 02:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)