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The Persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least the 10th century. [314] [315] The Yazidi religion is regarded as devil worship by Islamists. [316] Yazidis have been persecuted by Muslim Kurdish tribes since the 10th century, [314] and they were also persecuted by the Ottoman Empire from the 17th century to the 20th century. [317]
The Persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least the 10th century. [122] [123] The Yazidi religion is regarded as devil worship by Islamists. [124] Yazidis have been persecuted by Muslim Kurdish tribes since the 10th century, [122] and by the Ottoman Empire from the 17th to the 20th centuries. [125]
The persecution of Christians can be historically traced from the first century of the Christian era to the present day. Christian missionaries and converts to Christianity have both been targeted for persecution, sometimes to the point of being martyred for their faith, ever since the emergence of Christianity.
The King has said he will be praying this Christmas for Syria, whose citizens have been given a glimmer of hope following the overthrow of the country’s dictator.
“School boards are being persecuted, parents are being persecuted,” Trump said during his appearance in Zebulon. “People are being persecuted, religious people.”
The Ethiopian government used money from a World Bank-financed health and education initiative to brutally evict thousands of villagers , according to former government officials who helped carry out the forced removals. The World Bank, the planet's most influential development lender, has denied responsibility.
Persecution of Christian minorities climaxed following the Syrian civil war and later by its spillover but has since intensified further. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Christians have been subjected to massacres, forced conversions , rape, sexual slavery, and the systematic destruction of their historical sites, churches and other places of worship.
For instance in Texas an official may be "excluded from holding office" if he or she does not "acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being." (i.e. God), [22] thus atheists, agnostics, most Satanists, some Unitarian Universalists and New Age followers, who do not believe in a supreme being would be excluded from public office. [22]