Plagerism/Research

Friday, December 10, 2010

Persecution

Political and religious animosity against Jehovah's Witnesses has at times led to mob action and government oppression in various countries. Their doctrine of political neutrality and their refusal to serve in the military has led to imprisonment of members who refused conscription during World War II and at other times where national service has been compulsory. In Germany, as many as 12,000 Witnesses were sent to concentration camps,[243] and were identified by purple triangles; as many as 5000 died.[244] More than 200 men were executed at the orders of German war courts.[245] In Canada, Jehovah's Witnesses were interned in camps[246] along with political dissidents and people of Chinese and Japanese descent.[247] In the former Soviet Union, about 9300 Jehovah's Witness families were deported to Siberia as part of Operation North in April 1951.[248][249] Their religious activities are currently banned or restricted in some countries, including China, Vietnam and some Islamic states.
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