Despite the persecution, the "catacomb church, " as it is called, is benefiting from a Christian revival as North Koreans turn away from failing Kim family rule.

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And this despite the fact that Schoenberg fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s.

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And of course one could write a treatise on Tehran's ongoing persecution of religious minorities, despite the oft-expressed global condemnation of such practices, including most recently the State Department's designation of Iran as a "Country of Particular Concern" on such matters.

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