text: I found part of your comment to be very interesting, specifically;
  
  "History has long shown us that when a religious portion of any given citizenry comes under the thumb of the non religious population of that very same citizenry horrible things happen."
  
  In case you weren't aware of this let me show you a truth you may have overlooked, using your own words...
  
  "History has long shown us that when a *non*-religious portion of any given citizenry comes under the thumb of the *religious* population of that very same citizenry horrible things happen."
  
  I believe the Spanish Inquisition would be considered close to that. Many of the 'Christian' religions have long held pagans, witches, and wiccans to be quite loathsome, and terrible things happened to them. I think the current situation in Turkey, with the Muslim officials taking action against the secular military, falls under that banner. I can offer more examples if you'd like...............