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pur suh kyooht

  • v  cause to suffer
    Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union

  • He argues, however, that careful examination of the Gospels can provide understanding, even enlightenment: "Christians have misused the crucifixion to blame Jews and to persecute .
  • Not only did the state's residents carry guns, persecute environmentalists and gather behind barbed wire in encampments like the one where the notorious Freemen engaged in an armed .
  • I can't believe that the Jesus Christ I worship would be on the side of those who persecute an already persecuted minority.
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  • Geert Wilders in Jewish Telegraphic Agency
    Wilders wrote in the newspaper De Volkskrant that the Koran urges Muslims "to oppress, persecute or kill Christians, Jews, dissidents and non-believers, to beat and rape women, and to establish an Islamic state by force."
  • William Ruto in AFP
    There are arbitrary arrests of innocent citizens. It is a systematic and consistent attempt by police to persecute and intimidate ODM supporters in the Rift Valley,Ruto told reporters in the Rift Valley capital Nakuru.

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