Conscientious objector
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A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or of religion. The term has also been extended to o
The Deserter by Boardman Robinson, The Masses, 1916
Refusing to serve in the Vietnam War, boxer Muhammad Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong ... They never called me nigger." in 1966
Blessed are the Peacemakers (1917) by George Bellows
Stamp created by the Centre de défense des objecteurs de conscience (around 1936)
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, and restorationist Christian denomination, stemming from the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the nineteenth century. Rus
Conscientious objector
…non-combatants, and have done work in hospitals or to give medical care rather than combat roles, and the church has upheld the non-combative position. Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians refuse to participate in the armed services on the grounds that they believe they should be neutral in worldly conflicts and often…
Former world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses
The exterior of a Kingdom Hall
Worship at a Kingdom Hall in Portugal
A pair of Jehovah's Witnesses preaching door-to-door