After the war, the systematic persecution of the Church began as it did in all the other socialist countries.

There was no systematic persecution of Christians before the second half of the second century.

Leo had not followed up his 1893 warning by systematic persecution.

Most are fleeing systematic persecution and have no desire to return.

He maintained his earlier conciliatory approach, indulging in no systematic persecution of Protestants.

Catholics report systematic persecution, and mosques are burned down.

The violent and systematic persecution of Mugabe's critics is developing into a humanitarian disaster.

In addition to the systematic persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, human rights activists are regularly being murdered.

Significantly, one observer has spoken of systematic religious persecution.

In religion she was relatively tolerant, avoiding systematic persecution.