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• 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.

• oppress

News & Articles

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• Rep. Mo Brooks says President Obama 'has breached the public's trust' (video)
  Speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives, Brooks cited examples he said demonstrate that the White House persecute those with differing points of view.
  June 12, 2013 - Mobile Press-Register
• Rep. Mo Brooks says President Obama 'has breached the public's trust' (video)
  Speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives, Brooks cited examples he said demonstrate that the White House persecute those with differing points of view.
  June 12, 2013 - Mobile Press-Register
• A British Haven for Academic Refugees
  The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, now 80 years old, has been helping the persecuted since the rise of the Nazis before World War II.
  June 9, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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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.