“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law”
Thomas Paine
“Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution”
William Butler Yeats
“Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.”
Bertrand Russell
“And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.”
quran
“Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.”
Hosea Ballou
“prove that he suffered past persecution or will suffer future persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular group, or political opinion.”
Elian Gonzalez
“widespread use of torture, persecution of minority groups and the denial of freedom of speech, association and religion”
Jiang Zemin
