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[[File:Christophobia.jpg|thumb|304px]]{{Quote|It was the nineteenth year of | [[File:Christophobia.jpg|thumb|304px]]{{Quote|It was the nineteenth year of Diocletian's reign and the month Dystrus, called March by the Romans, and the festival of the Saviour's Passion was approaching, when an imperial decree was published everywhere, ordering the churches to be razed to the ground and the Scriptures destroyed by fire, and giving notice that those in places of honour would lose their places, and domestic staff, if they continued to profess Christianity, would be deprived of their liberty. Such was the first edict against us. Soon afterwards other decrees arrived in rapid succession, ordering that the presidents of the churches in every place should all be first committed to prison and then coerced by every possible means into offering sacrifice.|The Christian historian Eusebius on [[Diocletian]]'s purge of Christians.}} | ||
The ''' | The '''persecution of Christians''' (also sometimes referred to as Christophobia) can be historically traced from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century first century] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_era Christian era] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_21st_century present day]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity Early Christians] were persecuted for their fait at the hands of both the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_by_the_Jews Jews] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_of_early_Christianity_and_Judaism whose religion Christianity arose] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire Romans] who controlled many of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity lands across which early Christianity was spread]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_4th_century Early in the fourth century], a form of the religion was legalized by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan Edict of Milan], and it eventually became the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire State church of the Roman Empire]. | ||
Christian missionaries as well as converts to Christianity have been the target of persecution ever since the emergence of Christianity, sometimes to the point of being martyred for their faith. | Christian missionaries as well as converts to Christianity have been the target of persecution ever since the emergence of Christianity, sometimes to the point of being martyred for their faith. | ||
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#[[Slobodan Milošević]] | #[[Slobodan Milošević]] | ||
#[[ | #[[Dylann Roof]] | ||
===Non-Communist Atheists=== | ===Non-Communist Atheists=== | ||
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#[[Dylan Klebold]] | #[[Dylan Klebold]] | ||
#[[Connor Betts]] | #[[Connor Betts]] | ||
===Islamists=== | ===Islamists=== | ||
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#[[Idi Amin Dada]] | #[[Idi Amin Dada]] | ||
#[[Taliban]] | #[[Taliban]] | ||
=== Folkish paganism === | === Folkish paganism === | ||
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#[[Aleksandr Dugin]] | #[[Aleksandr Dugin]] | ||
#[[Adolf Hitler]] | #[[Adolf Hitler]] | ||
#[[Nazi Party]] | #[[Nazi Party]] | ||
#[[Supreme Council of Government]] | #[[Supreme Council of Government]] | ||
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#[[Emperor Hirohito]] | #[[Emperor Hirohito]] | ||
#[[Diocletian]] | #[[Diocletian]] | ||
#[[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] | #[[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] | ||
#[[Ranavalona I]] | #[[Ranavalona I]] | ||
#[[Maximilien Robespierre]] | #[[Maximilien Robespierre]] | ||
#[[Mwanga II]] | #[[Mwanga II]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also:== | ||
* [[Islamophobia]] | * [[Islamophobia]] | ||
* [[Anti-Semitism|Antisemitism]] | * [[Anti-Semitism|Antisemitism]] | ||
* [[Militant Atheism]] | * [[Militant Atheism]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-Religious]] | [[Category:Anti-Religious]] | ||
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[[Category:Ideologies]] | [[Category:Ideologies]] | ||
[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||