Sentence examples for Increasing persecution from inspiring English sources

Copts in Egypt complain of increasing persecution, including official discrimination and attacks by Muslim extremists.

People stood by and tolerated increasing persecution, sometimes, because they were afraid to speak out against it".

Mehmed thus gave special attention to attracting Jews from central and western Europe, where they were being subjected to increasing persecution.

So, as I mentioned in my last post, Abbas Kiarostami's name isn't on the list of signatories to the call by Iranian artistic notables, in response to the ongoing and even increasing persecution of Iranian filmmakers and actors, for a worldwide boycott on Iran's official film industry and its bureaucrats.

With the coming of Christianity, however, Egyptian religion faced increasing persecution, and the last temple was closed in AD 550.

As our government accumulates ever more of what it thinks the American people have no right to know about, there will only be increasing persecutions as prosecutions.

During the reign of Henry III of Castile and Leon (1390 1406), Jews faced increased persecution and were pressured to convert to Christianity.

There can be no doubt that [it] will increase persecution and discrimination of Ugandans, as well as damage Uganda's reputation internationally.We ask the government of Uganda to protect all its citizens and encourage tolerance, equality and respect".

The last few weeks have featured plenty of discussion on whether NFL teams would consider openly gay college football standout Michael Sam a possible distraction and how Russia has been hosting the Winter Olympics at the same time it has increased persecution of LGBT individuals.

Even before the mandate, the desire for a Jewish homeland prompted a small number of Jews to immigrate to Palestine, a migration that grew dramatically during the second quarter of the 20th century with the increased persecution of Jews worldwide and subsequent Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany.

Christians, Druze, and other religious minorities fear increased persecution, as in Iraq and Egypt.