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The 32 pages that link to Religious persecution, each with the reason it gives.

• Religious conversionRelated: Coercion and threats can distort whether a change of faith is freely chosen.

• Religious tolerationCompared with: Persecution is the coercive opposite of allowing religious minorities to worship.

• New religious movementRelated: Minority movements may face restrictions or violence when authorities view them as threats.

• Religious discriminationBroader topic: It is an intensified form of religious discrimination, not a synonym for every unequal treatment.

• TheocracyRelated: State enforcement of one faith can expose minority religions to coercion.

• BlasphemyRelated: Blasphemy accusations can serve as grounds for coercion or persecution of individuals and minorities.

• Secret societyRelated: Religious minorities have sometimes relied on concealment to practice under hostile regimes.

• MihnaNarrower topic: The Mihna is a prominent example of a state enforcing theological conformity.

• DhimmīCompared with: Dhimmī status could protect communities, yet particular policies and episodes also involved coercion or persecution.

• Forced conversionRelated: Persecution can enforce conversion by making continued adherence dangerous.

• MessianismRelated: Authorities have sometimes suppressed movements seen as threats to religious or political order.

• Religious fundamentalismRelated: Persecution narratives can strengthen solidarity and urgency within threatened communities.

• CaesaropapismRelated: State control over religious institutions can enable rulers to enforce conformity or suppress dissent.

• ChristianizationRelated: Christianization sometimes accompanied coercion against non-Christians and dissenting Christians.

• Createdness of the QuranRelated: The Mihna showed how doctrine could be enforced through interrogation and imprisonment.

• St. Bartholomew's Day massacreNarrower topic: The massacre is an extreme episode within the broader history of persecution.

• State atheismRelated: Arrests, discrimination, and coercion were among the methods used to enforce state atheism.

• Council of TroublesRelated: Prosecutions of religious dissenters formed a central part of the tribunal’s work.

• Shinbutsu bunriNarrower topic: Anti-Buddhist violence raises the question of when administrative separation became persecution.

• Soviet anti-religious campaignNarrower topic: Arrests, executions, and restrictions made persecution a central instrument of the campaign.

• Crypto-JudaismNarrower topic: Crypto-Judaism illustrates how persecution can drive religious life into private settings.

• Menno SimonsRelated: State and church authorities persecuted Anabaptists, shaping Simons’s itinerant ministry.

• Persecution of ChristiansNarrower topic: Anti-Christian persecution is one instance of this broader pattern.

• Religious violenceRelated: Persecution may involve coercion and violence, but it can also occur without physical violence.

• TolerationCompared with: Persecution is the coercive alternative that toleration seeks to prevent.

• MartyrNarrower topic: Martyrs’ stories often become evidence and enduring symbols of religious persecution.

• Crypto-ChristianityNarrower topic: Persecution is a recurring reason Christians have hidden their faith.

• Hòa HảoRelated: Hòa Hảo’s twentieth-century history includes disputes over religious autonomy and state control.

• Religious warRelated: Persecution can provoke armed resistance or be used to justify campaigns.

• Anti-Christian sentimentNarrower topic: It is the wider pattern in which persecution of Christians can occur.

• Discrimination against atheistsBroader topic: In some countries, legal penalties and violence against atheists amount to persecution.

• KartirRelated: Kartir’s inscriptions claim that rival religious communities were restricted or suppressed.