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Persecution (2817 bytes)
1: ... forms are [[religious persecution]] and [[ethnic persecution]]. The terms have some overlap, as religion is an...
7: ...se who are and are not part of the movement. This persecution might in turn radicalize the minority group, resu...
9: ..."in reverse", as where a minority orator provokes persecution in order to unify a minority movement.
12: ...he most commonly cited modern-day examples is the persecution of [[Jew]]s under [[Nazi Germany]]. This originat...
14: Persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany led to the [[holocaust]],...

Persecution of the Jews (9648 bytes)
2: '''Persecution of the Jews''' deals with various persecutions that the [[Jewish]] people have experinced throu...
11: ...n [[Middle Ages|medieval Europe]], many notorious persecutions of Jews in the name of Christianity occurred, no...
18: ...countries prospered, while others were subject to persecution.
22: ...ith Israel in 1948]], were targeted for violence, persecution, boycotts, confiscations, and near complete expul...
29: Persecution of the Jews reached its peak under the [[Third Re...

Persecution of Muslims (7350 bytes)
1: [[Category:Religious persecution]]
4: ... persecution throughout the [[history of Islam]]. Persecution may refer to the arrest, imprisonment, beating, t...
6: ==Pagan Arab persecution of Muslims==
8: ...ntil [[Abu Bakr]] bought him and freed him. This persecution ultimately provoked the [[hijra]].
10: == Muslim Persecution of Muslims ==

Ethnic persecution (355 bytes)
3: ...c persecution''' or '''ethnic discrimination''' [[persecution]] or [[discrimination]] based on [[ethnicity]]. ...
7: [[Category:Persecution]]

Persecution complex (225 bytes)
1: ...ifically deals with the [[perception]] of being [[persecution|persecuted]], for various possible reasons.

Religious persecution (7073 bytes)
3: ...]] leaders accumulate wealth and many "religious" persecutions stem from attempts by members of other faiths to...
5: Special to the religious domain is persecution related to strict [[monotheism]].
13: Another religious persecution undertaken by the [[Roman Republic]] involved [[J...
15: ...ts was lifted and the anti-monotheistic religious persecution of the Christians began under [[Nero]].
17: ...igious friction. Christian monotheistic religious persecution perhaps reached its apex with the [[Inquisition]]...

Persecution of Christians (32384 bytes)
1: ...rsecution during the [[history of Christianity]]. Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, be...
3: == Persecutions in the New Testament ==
5: ...Jesus]] himself. It also reports the beginning of persecutions by the Romans.
7: === Persecutions by "the" Jews ===
12: According to the New Testament accounts, persecution of Jesus' followers continued after his death. Pe...

Persecution and the Art of Writing (1669 bytes)
1: ...modern political philosophers, in order to escape persecution, hid their most [[heterodoxy|heterodox]] ideas wi...
9: ...tion to ''Persecution and the Art of Writing''," "Persecution and the Art of Writing," "The Literary Character ...

Organised persecution of ethnic Germans (10111 bytes)
1: ...e country in which they lived. This includes the persecution of ethnic German [[Mennonite]], [[Amish]] and [[H...
5: ...n the United States during World War I. To avoid persecution, many Germans changed their names into anglicised...
28: ... the ethnic Germans of this enclave faced growing persecution. Their names, and the names of the towns and pla...
30: After the end of [[World War II]], the organised persecution of Germans in the South Tyrol largely came to an ...
40: Largely for this reason, although some persecution of ethnic Germans did occur during [[World War II...

Persecution of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered (4907 bytes)
1: ... be [[lesbian]], [[gay]] or [[transgender]]. This persecution can occur either at the hands of individuals or g...

Religious intolerance (864 bytes)
2: and [[persecution]] have been common throughout history, and most [...
14: *[[Persecution of Buddhists]]
15: *[[Persecution of Christians]]
16: *[[Persecution of Hindus]]
17: *[[Persecution of Muslims]]

Political repression (557 bytes)
1: ...[[politics|political life]] of a [[society]] or [[persecution]] of people for their political adherence. This i...
9: [[Category:Persecution]]

Saint Acacius (840 bytes)
3: ... lived in the time of the [[Religious persecution|persecution]] of [[Decius]], and although it is certain that ...

Christianophobia (943 bytes)
1: ...s opposition to [[Christian]] [[missionaries]], [[Persecution of Christians|persecuting Christians for their be...
15: [[category:Religious persecution]]

Bill Fay (987 bytes)
3: ...d two albums (''Bill Fay'' and ''Time of the Last Persecution'') for the [[Deram]] label between [[1967]] and [...
5: ...eased an official follow-up to ''Time of the Last Persecution''. The only recordings to emerge since then are d...

303 (1561 bytes)
11: ...as said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under [[Galerius]].
12: ...an Emperor]], publishes his edict that begins the persecution of [[Christianity|Christians]] in his portion of ...

St. Aretas (214 bytes)
1: ... early [[6th century]], was executed during the [[persecution]] of Christians by the [[Jew]]ish king [[Dhu Nuwa...

Novatianism (2357 bytes)
1: ...ice to the pagan gods, under the pressures of the persecution sanctioned by Emperor [[Decius]], in 250 A.D.
3: ...ad not maintained their confession of faith under persecution, may not be received again into communion with th...
9: ... Christians who had lapsed under the pressures of persecution. They too were declared to be heretics.

Pope Stephen I (1094 bytes)
1: ...ho had been deposed for unfaithfulness during the persecution but afterwards had repented. He is commemorated o...

Cyril Ogston (213 bytes)
3: ...nada]] from [[Utah]] in late 1800s where he faced persecution for [[bigamy]].

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