Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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past persecution at the hands of their mother, who abused and subsequently abandoned them. While we are sympathetic to the cruel treatment endured by petitioners, such treatment does not constitute past persecution “on account of’ a protected ground. 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(1). Petitioners allege that they are “children of the Gomez-Romero Family,” a “particular social group” entitled to protection under the Act. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(l)(B)(i). While we agree that kinship ties may constitute a “particular social group,” Al-Ghorbani v. Holder, 585 F.3d 980, 995 (6th Cir.2009), the domestic abuse suffered by petitioners was not on account of this status. Rather, petitioners were abused because of their exposure to a violent, unstable person. Klawitter v. INS, 970 F.2d 149, 152 (6th Cir.1992) . Indeed, the mother’s abuse was not limited to
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that harassment threats and one beating did not constitute persecution
B. holding that isolated criminal attacks do not constitute persecution
C. holding that threats standing alone generally do not constitute past persecution
D. holding that to constitute persecution harm must be more than harassment
E. holding that personal disputes do not constitute persecution
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.