Sentence examples for persecution toward from inspiring English sources

But the countries that witnessed the greatest increase in persecution toward religious groups in recent years were in Europe, where anti-Muslim violence and hostility have spiked in recent years.

Both Tacitus and Suetonius speak of escalating persecutions toward the end of Domitian's reign, identifying a point of sharp increase around 93, or sometime after the failed revolt of Saturninus in 89.

If I was living in a country where persecution existed toward people who are gay, wouldn't I do anything to save my son?

The persecution, however, resumed toward the end of his life.

Despite Mr. Johnson's efforts, there have been far too few resolutions to the stories of persecution and hostility toward our government's Iraqi allies.

As for institutionalised violence against homosexuals, though some African countries have stepped up their persecution, the global trend toward decriminalisation has continued, from 25 countries in 1960 to 83 in 2009 and 90 in 2015.

It will be left to NGOs to raise alarm over this continuing cold indifference toward Christian persecution from our State Department.

Church leaders will continue to encourage our people to be persons of good will toward all, rejecting persecution of any kind based on race, ethnicity, religious belief or non-belief, and differences in sexual orientation".

In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said Sunday that American aid toward refugees should be geared toward Christians who are fleeing persecution in Syria, as opposed to those who are Muslim.

The organisation admirably "draws attention toward a tension of persecution", he said.

The United States, he said, remains concerned about human rights abuses, the persecution of democratic reformers and brutality toward ethnic minorities.