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Persecuted for their religion. Those who stood by it, died, because of their belief, in which whoever didn't like it unfortunately executed them. Unfortunately it is still all too common in some areas of the world, especially countries ruled by Muslims.

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They were believed to be "bad" and it was a way of "cleansing" the population of what they thought to be "bad" since it was different than their religions.

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