Greetings and welcome to our website. This project has been challenging for us and we have gained an invaluable intellectual experience from it. At the beginning of this project, we thought religious persecution was a matter of black and white with a simple definition. We thought that religious persecution was simply the persecution of a group because of their religious faith.

However, in the process of our research, we discovered that there are no simple explanations. In fact, some events categorized as religious persecution reveal only shades of grey and ambiguities. Sometimes religious persecution is clearly an abuse of power as in the case of the Holocaust, where one specific group was targeted for annihilation. Other times, religious persecution is more of a struggle between different groups to maintain their religious or cultural identities which can create religious conflicts. Our research suggests a broader definition of religious persecution is required. Thus we have formulated our own definition of religious persecution.

Religious persecution is a much more complex and controversial topic than we had imagined. This website that we are presenting to you is completely different from what we had in mind when we first started. Within this site, we will explore the complexity of religious persecution based on our new definition through in-depth studies of three cases: the Holocaust, China in Tibet, and the Sikhs versus the Indian government. We hope you will join us on our journey to educate each other about these complex issues of religious persecution.

Our online learning community provides tools to connect learners and educators from around the world and allows them to share their knowledge of religious conflicts. Please register to become a member and actively participate to learn more about religious conflicts. We welcome contributions to the growth of this site. Please contribute by submitting documents, participating in our forum, and providing us with resources for building an annotated bibliography.