Hofstede’s dimension of relates to the extent that people think of themselves as members of a group or collective, rather than discrete individuals.

It is the Hofstede’s dimension of uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory is a system for all the cross-cultural communication and was discovered by Geert Hofstede. It pertains to the outcome of the culture of the society basing on the character of its members and how they react using structure from the factor analysis. 

unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted