Persecuted

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This week’s news word comes from the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.

Persecuted.

Pakistani Ahmadiyyas have been persecuted for decades.

Some members of the mainstream Muslim majority think Ahmadiyyas have changed a basic tenant of Islam.

Now, the community complains about a new wave of persecution.

The punjab government has banned all the books written by the declared messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

To be persecuted is to be treated terribly or unfairly, especially because of racial, religious or political beliefs.

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