Sentences with phrase «violent persecution»
"Violent persecution" refers to the act of inflicting harm, using physical force or aggression, against someone based on their beliefs, ethnicity, or other characteristics, with the intention to oppress, harm, or get rid of them. Full definition
The medieval papacy's violent persecution of heresy is almost the only human behavior in the whole book to be censured.
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Having faced such violent persecution at the militant atheist hands of the Communist regime, it is a blessing to see the growth of the Church in Russia, especially in an era when religion is becoming less and less relevant in the Western part of the world.
«Islamic hard - liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse.»
Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Paine, Mason & Madison all witnessed the violent persecution between Christian sects in their home states around the time the government was being established.
In a speech earlier this year, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and former apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, challenged Americans to protect religious freedom in their country: «While nobody would confuse the marginalization of religion with the actual killing of Christians in other parts of the world, it is through this marginalizing that violent persecution is born.»
Though it's hard to tell if the violent persecution is growing the church, it certainly isn't snuffing it out.
The violent persecution under Sapor II lasted for forty years.
Caviezel said one of the main reasons he's a part of the movie is because of the similarities between the violent persecution churches faced in the days of Paul and the persecution Christians around the world today.
Critics have slated the Burmese leader for not speaking out against the violent persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
And further still, Weerasethakul is not merely «referencing» old cinema but transforming it into a transfixing new form that poetically talks about the violent persecution of communists in Northern Thailand.
Far too often, misguided ideas about felines have led to the violent persecution of both cats and the people who cared for them.