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|name = Religious persecution
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|title = [[Religious persecution]] and [[Religious discrimination|discrimination]]
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|group1 = By group
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|group2 = Methods
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* [[Religious censorship|Censorship]]
* [[Blasphemy law]]
* [[Blood libel]]
* [[Communal violence]]
* [[Cultural genocide]]
* [[Deprogramming]]
* [[Desecration]]
* [[Domicide]]
* [[Religious discrimination|Discrimination]]
* [[Ethnic cleansing]]
* [[Ethnic conflict]]
* [[Extrajudicial killing]]
* [[Extrajudicial punishment]]
* [[Religious exclusivism|Exclusivism]]
* [[Forced conversion]]
* [[Forced displacement]]
* [[Hate crime]]
* [[Iconoclasm]]
* [[Religious intolerance|Intolerance]]
* [[Pogrom]]
* [[Islamic religious police|Police]]
* [[Political violence]]
* [[Population cleansing]]
* [[Population transfer]]
* [[Sectarian violence]]
* [[Social cleansing]]
* [[Religious segregation|Segregation]]
* [[State atheism]]
* [[State religion]]
* [[Religious terrorism|Terrorism]]
* [[Religious violence|Violence]]
* [[Religious war|War]]

|group3 = Events
|list3 =
* [[Golden calf#Exclusion of the Levites and mass execution|Golden calf massacre]] (c.1250 BC)
* [[Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire]] (64–313)
* [[Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire]] (c. 324–c. 491)
* [[Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent]] (c.550–c. 1200)
* [[Yellow Turban Rebellion]] (c.184–c. 205)
* [[Battle of Tours]] (732)
* [[Rhineland massacres]] (1096)
* [[Massacre of Jerusalem (1099)|Massacre of Jerusalem]] (1099)
* [[Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent]] (643–1526)
* [[Inquisition]] (1184–1908)
* [[Massacre at Ayyadieh]] (1191)
* [[Northern Crusades]] (12th–16th cent.)
* [[List of Crusades#Crusades against Christians|Crusades against Christians]] (13th–15th cent.)
* [[Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain]] (1500–1526)
* [[European wars of religion]] (1522–1712)
* [[Ottoman–Habsburg wars]] (1526–1791)
* [[Goa Inquisition]] (1561–1812)
* [[French Wars of Religion]] (1562–1598)
* [[Expulsion of the Moriscos]] (1609–1614)
* [[Test Acts 1673 & 1678|Test Acts]] (1673–1829)
* [[Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction]] (1683–1922)
* [[Christianization of the Sámi people]] (1700s)
* [[Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution|French Revolutionary dechristianisation]] (1789–1801)
* [[Utah War]] (1857–1858)
* [[1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus|1860 Mount Lebanon civil war]] (1860)
* [[Circassian genocide]] (1864)
* [[Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)|Dungan Revolt]] (1862–1877)
* [[Adana massacre]] (1909)
* [[Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars]] (1912–1913)
* [[Greek genocide]] (1913–1922)
** [[Pontic Greek genocide]]
* [[Sayfo|Assyrian genocide]] (1914–1924)
* [[Armenian genocide]] (1915–1923)
* [[Persecution of Christians in the Eastern Bloc]] (1917–1990)
* [[Religion in the Soviet Union|Soviet persecution]] (1922–1991)
** [[Opposition to Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian Civil War|1917–1921]]
** [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)|1921–1928]]
** [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1928–1941)|1928–1941]]
** [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)|1958–1964]]
** [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1970s–1987)|1970–1987]]
** [[Soviet anti-religious legislation|legislation]]
* [[Šahovići massacre]] (1924)
* [[White Terror (Spain)]] (1936–1975)
* [[Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses]] (1933)
* [[The Holocaust]] (1939–1945)
* [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia]] (1941–1945)
* [[Polish anti-religious campaign|Communist Polish persecution]] (1945–1989)
* [[Anti-Religious Campaign in communist Romania|Communist Romanian persecution]] (1945–1989)
* [[Noakhali riots]] (1946)
* [[Direct Action Day]] (1946)
* [[1946 Bihar riots]] (1946)
* [[1947 Rawalpindi massacres|Rawalpindi massacres]] (1947)
* [[Hinduism in Pakistan#Religious persecution|Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan]] (1947–ongoing)
* [[Violence against Muslims in independent India|Violence against Muslims in India]] (1947–ongoing)
* [[Persecution of Hindus#India|Violence against Hindus in independent India]] (1947–ongoing)
* [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight]] (1948)
* [[Jewish exodus from the Muslim world]] (1948–1980)
* [[Antireligious campaigns in China]] (1949–ongoing)
*[[Protests and uprisings in Tibet since 1950|Persecution of Tibetans]] (1950–ongoing)
* [[Exodus of Turks from Bulgaria (1950–1951)|Exodus of Turks from Bulgaria]] (1950)
* [[Religious violence in Nigeria]] (1953–ongoing)
* [[Istanbul pogrom]] (1955)
* [[Papua conflict|Persecution of Papuans]] (1962–ongoing)
* [[Buddhist crisis]] (1963)
** [[Huế Phật Đản shootings]] (1963)
** [[Thích Quảng Đức]] (1963)
** [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]] (1963)
* [[Cultural Revolution]] (1966–1976)
** [[Four Olds]] (1966)
** [[Famen Temple#People's Republic of China|Famen Temple]] (1966)
* [[Bangladesh genocide]] (1971)
* [[Persecution of Hindus#Bangladesh|Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh]] (1971–ongoing)
* [[Lebanese Civil War]] (1975–1990)
* [[Cambodian genocide]] (1975–1979)
* [[East Timor genocide]] (1975–1999)
* [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] (1984)
* [[Revival Process]] (1984–1989)
** [[1989 expulsion of Turks from Bulgaria]] (1989)
* [[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] (1990)
* [[Yugoslav Wars]] (1991–2001)
** [[Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War]] (1992–1996)
** [[Bosnian genocide]] (1995)
** [[War crimes in the Kosovo War]] (1999)
* [[Walisongo school massacre]] (2000)
* [[Kosheh massacres]] (2000)
* [[September 11 attacks]] (2001)
* [[2002 Gujarat riots]] (2002)
* [[Southern Thailand insurgency]] (2004–ongoing)
* [[Boko Haram insurgency]] (2009–ongoing)
* [[Maspero demonstrations]] (2011)
* [[Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh]] (2013–2016)
* [[Yazidi genocide]] (2014–2017)
* [[Persecution of Christians by the Islamic State|Genocide of Christians by ISIL]] (2014–ongoing)
* [[Iraqi Turkmen genocide]] (2014–2017)
* [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China]] (2014–ongoing)
* [[Rohingya genocide]] (2016–ongoing)
* [[Christchurch mosque shootings]] (2019)
* [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings]] (2019)
* [[2020 Delhi riots]] (2020)
* [[2024 Istanbul church shooting]]
* [[Crocus City Hall attack]] (2024)
* [[Mar Elias Church attack]] (2025)
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