Persecution

Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, imprisonment, internment, fear or pain are all factors that may establish persecution, but not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The threshold of severity has been a source of much debate.^[1]

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- pantheist philosopher who was burned at the stake by the Roman Inquisition for his heretical religious views, his cosmological views, or both;^[96]^[97]

Giordano Bruno

- confined to a convent for his heretical views, namely, an opposition to the authority of Aristotle, and later imprisoned in a castle for 27 years during which he wrote his most famous works, including The City of the Sun;^[98]

Tommaso Campanella

Baruch Spinoza - Jewish philosopher who, at age 23, was put in (similar to excommunication) by Jewish religious authorities for heresies such as his controversial ideas regarding the authenticity of the Hebrew Bible, which formed the foundations of modern biblical criticism, and the pantheistic nature of the Divine.^[99]^[100] Prior to that, he had been attacked on the steps of the community synagogue by a knife-wielding assailant shouting "Heretic!",^[101] and later his books were added to the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books.

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Defamation

Discrimination

Latter-day Saint martyrs

Oppression

Persecutory delusion

Right to asylum

Social defeat

Social exclusion

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