In the early 16th century, in pursuit of religious uniformity, the Ottomans not only fought their own wars of religion against the Persians, but also started persecuting their own Shia, now called Alevis.
It's time we start forgiving instead of persecuting.
If and when Jeter starts to feel persecuted again, the way he did during last winter's contract negotiations, he might consider the plight of the president, two months after getting Bin Laden and back to being lambasted for high unemployment.
These days, the competition is shown elsewhere but, wherever the pundits turn up, it is fair to say Louis van Gaal is starting to feel persecuted by the people he calls "the legends", none of whom seems to have a good word to say about him or his team right now.
But really, it is about time the British government stop persecuting me – I'm starting to develop a martyr complex.
Only when they start winning matches of this import, instead of persecuting themselves with the reasons why they lost, can you buy into the notion that they will be contenders instead of promising wannabes.
Die, Bridezilla, die, writes Manohla Dargis PAGE C1 BAUER UP TO ANOTHER '24' HOURS At the start of the two-hour premiere of '24' on Fox, pantywaist politicians are persecuting Jack Bauer Kiefer Sutherlandd) for some rather extreme methods of interrogation.
Officials deny that they are persecuting him.
At the start of the two-hour premiere on Fox this Sunday, pantywaist politicians who don't understand what it takes to protect the nation from its enemies are persecuting the very man who saved the country from disaster.
But persecuting all landlords helps no one.
