Sentence examples for considered persecution from inspiring English sources

But to prosecute them now, noted Miss A, might be considered persecution – "a big fish had got away so they were taking it out on the little fish".

Religious scholars say the church's past reticence, even secrecy, in the face of what its leaders have considered persecution, makes it difficult to know how widely the new message is being embraced among members, or how long it will last.

The Quran, for instance, equates one murder to the elimination of the whole human race (5 32), and considers persecution and disorder on earth as an even worse offense (2 217).

South Asians emigrated in large numbers to flee what they considered political persecution.

In the last 16 months, Mr. Netanyahu only appeared on his favorite forum -- television -- when he walked in and out of police stations for questioning in a bribery case that he considered political persecution.

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Swiss authorities, the 100-page report said, carried out official policy against Gypsies "without considering the persecution likely to face those under threat, and the danger to the lives of people expelled to Nazi Germany".

Consider the persecution of homosexuals, against which E.O.

Many of CALA's clients have fled conditions of violence so widespread and severe that, according to Axford and her colleagues, it should change how U.S. courts define warfare, and expand the definition of what is considered to be political persecution in asylum cases.

He denounced what he considered the unfair political persecution of Clinton for sexual adventures.

Lisa Sowle Cahill's recitation of the pre-existing catalog of criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church ("A Crisis of Clergy, Not of Faith," Op-Ed, March 6) demonstrates why calls for reform of the church -- which continues to thrive, especially amid poverty and persecution -- should be considered carefully when they come from our overindulged and privileged West.