| In specifically religious terms the Safavids not only persecuted Sunni Muslims, but Shi'ites with different views, and all other religions. |
| Representatives of his religion burned and persecuted witches in years gone by. |
| The grey wolf was heavily persecuted in Europe up until the most recent years. |
| Artists guilty or suspected of formalism were persecuted and encouraged to make public recantations for their offences. |
| He wibbles on about how people used to be persecuted by the Church for saying things about God and the earth going round Uranus and what not. |
| After Wycliffe's death, nearly thirty years passed before the authorities persecuted the Lollards with any severity. |
