As a species of what the British philosopher Isaiah Berlin called "negative liberty"—characterized by noninterference, or the absence of external constraints on individual action toleration has historically tended to fall somewhere between persecution on the one hand and full liberty and equality on the other.
The whole business, he implies more than once, is just a distraction, one more persecution on an already lengthy manifest.
All in all, in such circumstances, the bearing of persecution on the arts could be seen.
"Christians are the religious group which suffers most from persecution on account of its faith," he said.
The Haitians will each have to prove, individually, that he or she would face political persecution on returning home.
And they are willing to turn the meaning of the word "persecution" on its head to get it.
The immediate destruction wrought by Constantine and his zealous subordinates is, however, of less moment than the lasting effect of the persecution on the Orthodox clergy.
It is true, they said, that a federal law says asylum may be granted when an alien fears persecution "on account of" family membership.
Two years ago, I modeled principles for multinational companies to follow in the fight against religious persecution on the famous Sullivan principles.
A Congressionally mandated law provides that as many as 1,000 people yearly can gain asylum to avoid persecution on that basis.
The charity said hen harriers were on the brink of extinction in England because of systematic persecution on grouse moors in the Pennines, Peak District and north-east.
