Sentence examples for It was persecuted from inspiring English sources

This, perhaps, was why Islam, the new idea, felt so threatening to the Meccan élite; why it was persecuted so viciously; and why its founder may — just may — have been offered an attractive deal, designed to buy him off.

This, perhaps, was why Islam, the new idea, felt so threatening to the Meccan élite; why it was persecuted so viciously; and why its founder may just may have been offered an attractive deal, designed to buy him off.

The pine marten itself, the sinuously beautiful, tree-dwelling relative of the stoat, the weasel and the otter, could stand for all of it: once present right across the country, it was persecuted out of existence in most of Britain until its last stronghold was the north-west highlands.

His anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim bigotry became widely discussed in a community whose history is largely defined by how it was persecuted in America.

But Rich's hired guns in public relations and the law will soon claim that "every president did it" or that "Rich was persecuted by evil prosecutors".

As an agent in Russia's FSB, Litvinenko blew the whistle on systemic corruption and was persecuted for it.

My husband was persecuted after that.

He was persecuted, ridiculed, judged and convicted.

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So, basically breaking this down, there are questions which need to be answered by the D. James Kennedy Ministries before it goes about declaring that it is being "persecuted for its religious beliefs" by SPLC.

Golden Dawn describes itself as nationalist, not fascist, and contends that it is being persecuted for its political beliefs.