Oppression of beliefs has occurred throughout history for many years around the world. The practice of adopting policies to abandon rituals and cultures have been restrained due to a fear of power. For example, Catholics and Protestants have been targets of terror initiated by government authorities who felt threatened by Christian religion. Furthermore, conflict in northern Ireland occurred on a constitutional level with Protestant majority wanting to become part of the United Kingdom and Christian minority wanting to become part of the Republic of Ireland. Hostilities have remained with ethnic groups who are a majority and a minority in northern Ireland in an effort to remain separate and have the same balance of influence. Thus, allowing
