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As the [[atheism vs. Islam]] conflict has increased in the world, there are growing reports of [[Islam]]acists imprisoning atheists and radical Islamacists killing [[Atheism|atheists]], but they are still few in number.<ref>[http://www.religionnews.com/2014/12/17/atheists-new-persecuted-minority-international-report-concludes-commentary/ Atheists: the new persecuted minority, international report concludes (COMMENTARY) by Bob Churchill | Religion News|December 17, 2014</ref> This is especially true when you consider the large scale persecution of theists that has occurred in history and the persecution of religious people that still occurs in [[China]] and [[North Korea]] (see: [[Militant atheism]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]).
As the [[atheism vs. Islam]] conflict has increased in the world, there are growing reports of [[Islam]]acists imprisoning atheists and radical Islamacists killing [[Atheism|atheists]], but they are still few in number.<ref>[http://www.religionnews.com/2014/12/17/atheists-new-persecuted-minority-international-report-concludes-commentary/ Atheists: the new persecuted minority, international report concludes (COMMENTARY) by Bob Churchill | Religion News|December 17, 2014</ref> This is especially true when you consider the large scale persecution of theists that has occurred in history and the persecution of religious people that still occurs in [[China]] and [[North Korea]] (see: [[Militant atheism]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]).
It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic [[communism]] have caused the death of somewhere between 40,472,000 to 259,432,000 human lives.<ref>
*[http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/finalconflict/fcrevb102.html The Black Book of Communism]
*[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/lelivrenoir.htm The Black Book of Communism]
*[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM]
*[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm Source List and Detailed Death Tolls for the Twentieth Century Hemoclysm]
*[http://www.sarasotamagazine.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=365 Memory and Ideology]*[http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2526 The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]</ref> Dr. R. J. Rummel, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, is the scholar who first coined the term democide (death by government). Dr. R. J. Rummel's mid estimate regarding the loss of life due to communism is that communism caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917 and 1987.<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM</ref>
== Hate crimes in the United States against atheists/agnostics are very low in number ==
== Hate crimes in the United States against atheists/agnostics are very low in number ==