Sentence examples for long persecuted from inspiring English sources

Mr Cox reckons that Mormons, long persecuted themselves, are tolerant of other people's opinions.

So far, the most troublesome region for the A.L.P. has been the north, where ethnic, political and tribal factions have long persecuted one another.

Syria's catastrophe has helped the country's Kurdish population (long persecuted under the Assad regime) to carve out their own pseudo-state in the north.

He provides a fascinating account of how exiled members of the Shia minority, long persecuted as infidels and agents of Iran, negotiated with King Fahd to come in from the cold.

The fall in 2003 of the country's brutal despot, Saddam Hussein, gave vent to the burning resentment of the Shia underclass he had long persecuted, raising fears among Sunnis who had ruled the territory since Ottoman times.

In "Siegfried," Alberich and Mime, the brother he has long persecuted (the vibrant tenor Thomas Harper), get into a wickedly childish fight and heave stones at each other from opposite cliffs.

Political opponents and peaceful Muslim groups have long been persecuted, accused of sedition.

As adherents of one of Iraq's smallest and most misunderstood religions, they have long been persecuted.

Members of the Yazidi faith, which shows influences from a number of religions including Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrianism, have long been persecuted for their beliefs.

An intelligent animal with a reputation for cunning and swiftness, the coyote has long been persecuted because of its predation on domestic or game animals.

The Rohingya, a minority Muslim community in a country that is nearly 90percentt Buddhist, have long been persecuted within Myanmar.