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Bhutan's Expulsion Of The Lhotshampa (1988 to 1993)

Ecuador's Alfaro-Era Anticlerical Campaign (1895 to 1911)

Guatemala's 1871 Liberal Reform Against the Catholic Church

Soviet Anti-Religious Campaigns

State Atheism in Albania

The 1066 Granada Massacre

The 1391 Massacres of Spain's Jewish Communities

The 1948 Suppression of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church

The 2010 Lahore Ahmadi Mosque Massacre

The Anti-Superstition Campaign of 1941

The Assyrian Genocide (Sayfo, 1914 to 1924)

The Babi Persecutions in Iran

The Babylonian Exile

The Bar Kokhba Revolt

The Calles-Era Persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico

The Communist Liquidation of Religious Orders in Czechoslovakia (1950)

The Crackdown on House Churches in China

The Cultural Revolution

The Dechristianization of France (1793 to 1794)

The Decian Persecution of Christians (250 to 251 CE)

The Destruction of the Second Temple

The Diocletianic Persecution

The Domitianic Persecution of Christians

The Dragonnades (1681 to 1685)

The Elizabethan Persecution of Catholics

The European Witch Trials

The Expulsion Of The Jesuits From The Spanish Empire (1767)

The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

The Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain

The Goa Inquisition

The Hamidian Massacres (1894 to 1897)

The Huichang Persecution of Buddhism

The Joseon Dynasty's Suppression of Buddhism

The Kishinev Pogrom

The Meiji Government's Suppression of Buddhism (Haibutsu Kishaku)

The Mexican Inquisition

The Neronian Persecution of Christians (64 CE)

The Ortega Era Persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua

The Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan

The Persecution of Beta Israel Under Ethiopia's Solomonic Emperors

The Pombaline Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal

The Portuguese Inquisition

The Post-1979 Persecution of Baha'is in Iran

The Post-1994 Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses and Evangelical Christians in Eritrea

The Red Terror Against The Catholic Church In Spain (1936 to 1939)

The Roman Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition

The Suppression of the Knights Templar (1307 to 1314)

The Valerian Persecution of Christians (257 to 260 CE)

The Wahhabi Demolition of Hejaz Shrines

Witchcraft Accusations Today