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Section size for Persecution of Christians (60 sections)
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Antiquity	408	23,294
New Testament	1,494	1,494
Early Judeo-Christian	4,951	4,951
Roman Empire	130	16,441
Neronian persecution	2,332	2,332
From Nero to Decius	5,458	11,467
Voluntary martyrdom	6,009	6,009
Decian persecution	1,550	1,550
Valerianic persecution	962	962
Late antiquity	22	45,135
Roman Empire	228	25,423
The Great Persecution	7,696	7,696
Constantinian period	7,004	7,004
Valentinianic–Theodosian period	9,177	9,177
Heraclian period	1,318	1,318
Sassanian Empire	12,009	17,532
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Early Middle Ages	25	37,196
Rashidun Caliphate	7,927	7,927
Umayyad Caliphate	5,558	5,558
Almoravid Caliphate	4,318	4,318
Byzantine Empire	11,959	11,959
Abbasid Caliphate	7,409	7,409
High Middle Ages (1000–1200)	162	36,061
Fatimid Caliphate	4,169	4,169
Seljuk Empire	8,037	8,037
Crusades	15,418	19,728
Albigensian Crusade	2,478	2,478
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Ilkhanate	3,965	3,965
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Western Europe	3,123	3,123
Mamluk Sultanate	1,422	1,422
Timurid Empire	1,202	1,202
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Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation	1,607	1,607
China	7,378	7,378
French Revolution	5,691	5,691
Japan	1,853	1,853
Kingdom of Mysore	6,217	6,217
Ottoman Empire	7,924	17,554
Ottoman Albania and Kosovo	9,630	9,630
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Communist Albania	3,690	3,690
Iraq	1,635	1,635
Madagascar	2,236	2,236
Nazi Germany	5,580	5,580
Ottoman Empire	17,637	17,637
Soviet Union	15,784	15,784
Spain	9,586	9,586
United States	4,518	4,518
Warsaw Pact	3,364	3,364
Current situation (1989 to the present)	20,511	20,511
See also	595	595
Notes	47	47
References	33	33
Sources	6,367	6,367
External links	528	528
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Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2024[edit]

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Change North Korea having the top spot for 12 years to North Korea has had the top spot for 13 years. 162.245.156.198 (talk) 13:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Please give a reliable source for your claim. My Pants Metal (talk) 14:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add Hindu Terrorism, Hindutva, and Hindu nationalism in the "See also" section of the article. These are all Hindu fundamentalist ideologies that are noted for anti-Christian and terror activities, as well as persecution of Christians and vandalism of churches. 2409:40E0:18:BA8C:8895:8451:F774:5D99 (talk) 12:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 04:07, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

0AD to Middle Ages?[edit]

This time period covers entirely persecution by Muslims in Muslim regions. I was hoping to find information on persecution of Christians by the early catholic church. 2603:8080:2B00:11D4:9A18:F15F:7285:E80A (talk) 18:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]