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欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。

This week's news word comes from the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan: persecuted.

本周的新闻词汇出自巴基斯坦的艾哈迈迪亚群体：被迫害。

Pakistani Ahmadiyyas have been persecuted for decades.

巴基斯坦的艾哈迈迪亚群体已经被迫害了几十年了。

Some members of the mainstream Muslim majority think Ahmadiyyas have changed a basic tenet of Islam.

一些主流穆斯林多数群体的成员认为，艾哈迈迪亚群体已经改变了伊斯兰的一项基本教义。

Now, the community complains about a new wave of persecution.

现在，这个群体在抱怨新一波的迫害。

The Punjab government has banned all the books written by the declared messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

旁遮普政府已经禁止了由自称为先知的米尔扎·古拉姆·艾哈迈德所著的所有书。

To be persecuted is to be treated terribly or unfairly, especially because of racial, religious or political beliefs.

被迫害就是被糟糕地或不公平地对待，尤其是出于种族、宗教或政治信仰的原因。

Find more news words on our website: LearningEnglish.voanews.com

可以去我们的网站：LearningEnglish.voanews.com上去发现更多的新闻词汇。