Persecution for the followers of Jesus has been going on since Jesus Himself walked as a man on this earth. It has been going on since before then since Moses, Abraham, even Noah and Able. Those who were faithful to God and held fast to the "promise" Jesus "not having recieved the promise, but having seen and greeted it from afar". I encourage you to read Foxx's book of the Martyrs or the Voice of the Martyrs magazine to read some of the stories of modern persecution. These articles that follow are some of the things currently going on in this day and age.