No. Islam arose just over a century after the fall of Rome.
AnswerIran is not a free and open society, and anyone who opposes the government can reasonably lay claim to being persecuted. Some religious minorities are certainly persecuted, but Islam requires Muslims to respect Christianity. To what extent that respect is applied by officialdom at various levels is another matter.AnswerYes, Christians are persecuted in Iran. It is one of the most unsafe countries in the world for Christians. Particularly, converting from Islam to Christianity often results in severe persecution and in many cases death.
Oasis has no distinct meaning as concerns Islam, it is simply an area of the desert with exposed water. Within the context of Islam, it most likely refers to the oasis of Yathrib (now known as Medina) which is where Muhammad fled and settled after being persecuted for preaching the Qur'an.
The people persecuted in the Spanish Inquisition were "New Christians", which is to say Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity in order to continue living in Spain (since Judaism and Islam were banned), but who were believed to be secretly practicing their faith of birth. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity were persecuted. Later, the Spanish Inquisition also persecuted Protestant reformers.
Arabs, and to a lesser extent, Turks, tolerated Christianity and Judaism, although they followed Islam. The Mongols, initially Buddhist, were aligned with Christianity against Islam, but later many adopted Islam and subsequently persecuted Christians.
No one can invent a religion, but it could be founded by someone. According to history,Islam was founded by Muhammad(the last prophet) he had spread the idea of Islam to people in Makkah, but many people who converted to Islam there were persecuted. So Muhammad and some of his followers traveled to Yathrib and later was called Medina. Many people in Medina converted to Islam.
The countries where there are more Shia than Sunni and where sunni muslims are persecuted for their beliefs are mainly Iran and Iraq, where the shiia population is over 90%
No. Nobody deserves to be persecuted.
The Puritans were persecuted for religious reasons.
Nobody likes to be persecuted.
Happy or Pleased is the opposite for persecuted.
Judaism was persecuted by the Soviet Union. Jews have been persecuted almost constantly.