1.   Descended from Muslims, the Parsee have avoided persecution by adopting a neutral stance, but that works no longer.

2.   Gay was relatively lucky, having at his school some teachers who were not Nazi, and he largely avoided persecution at the hands of the other boys.

3.   She learned to camouflage her subjects through symbolism to avoid persecution by the Germans.

4.   For some, it suggests the catacombs of Rome, where Christians hid below ground to avoid persecution.

5.   He briefly returned to Nigeria, but said he came back to Britain for his own safety and to avoid the persecution his father had suffered.

6.   Schools were closed as a result, and many fled to China and the United States to avoid persecution.

7.   They soon reopened, but practiced self-censorship to avoid persecution.

8.   They fled to Nepal to avoid alleged persecution.

9.   Baril shot that movie in Pakistan to avoid persecution by the Soviets.

10.   Thousands of leftists fled the country to avoid persecution.