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religious persecution

systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or lack thereof
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religious persecution

Summary

religious persecution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (786 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • religious persecution is a type of persecution[2].
  • religious persecution is a type of religious discrimination[3].
  • religious persecution's Commons category is recorded as Religious persecution[4].
  • religious persecution's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Religious persecution[5].
  • religious persecution's has effect is recorded as 2025–2026 Iranian protests[6].
  • religious persecution's different from is recorded as ritual purification[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include persecution[2] and religious discrimination[3].

Why It Matters

religious persecution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (786 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_religious-persecution_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{religious persecution}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/religious-persecution}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → ritual purification
    Subclass of → persecution, religious discrimination
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8937, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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