Sentence examples for persecution it from inspiring English sources

He said Mexico has had many martyrs because of the religious persecution it has endured, and because of its "privileged" place in the church thanks to the role the beloved Virgin of Guadalupe plays in its popular faith.

Persecution, it turns out, can be practiced by even the most persecuted of peoples.

In these arguments, a lot of weight rests on the idea that Christians were persecuted in the early church because, without the idea of near-continuous persecution, it would be difficult to recast, say, disagreements about the role of prayer in schools as persecution.

Women and girls are on the frontline of religious persecution, it says.

"I have long fought against totalitarianism and the extremism and religious persecution it brings.

This was the one great American city dating from the 17th century not founded as a haven from religious persecution; it was based on profit rather than salvation.

There should not be a competition between persecutions: it's just a way of pitting one group against the other".

He questioned whether Mr. Filin had actually been attacked with acid and said that Bolshoi administrators had immediately implicated him, adding, "It's persecution, and it's all being done not against Sergei; it's all being done against me".

"Because if there is such a thing as a political persecution, if it can happen to Anwar, it can happen to the rest of us".

Whether it's war, political or religious persecution, whether it's Syria or Afghanistan, they have no choice.

As usual, the main message of this who's who of fundamentalist bigots was that it is Christians who are facing persecution, and it's all Obama's fault.