persecution

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Persecution of Christians is rising in sub-Saharan Africa, threatening a “vast humanitarian catastrophe” for the continent, a support group for victimized Christians said Tuesday.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Persecution of the Rohingya has been widely documented, including in a U.N. probe, she noted.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

Persecution was also explored in popular culture by the duo who created Captain America and Hulk, in their later series X-Men, launched in 1963.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2020

Persecution from the church threatened the witches’ relationship to the moon, Trainor explained, so they started looking at covert ways of keeping the lunar connection alive.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2019

Persecution attained its end, after prolonged struggle, in suppressing all outward manifestations of Manich�ism within the confines of the imperial power, though it long afterwards maintained a secret existence, even in the West.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles