787Empress Irena Condemns Forced Conversions

Empress Irena decries the practice of forced conversion agai...
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✝️ Byzantine Jews Forced to Convert

Byzantine emperor Leo III forcibly converts all Jews and Montanists in the empire into mainstream Byzantine Christianity.
Byzantine Jews Forced to Convert (722)
Forced ConversionByzantine EmpireReligious PersecutionEastern ChristianityAnti-JudaismLeo IIIEarly Middle AgesReligious Law
GreeceGreeceTurkeyTurkeyBulgariaBulgariaNorth MacedoniaNorth Macedonia

📜 Empress Irena Condemns Forced Conversions

Empress Irena decries the practice of forced conversion against Jews.
Byzantine EmpireReligious ToleranceForced ConversionByzantine PoliticsIrenaEarly Middle AgesReligious Persecution
GreeceGreeceTurkeyTurkeyBulgariaBulgariaNorth MacedoniaNorth Macedonia

💧 Basil I Orders Forced Baptism of Jews

Basil I decrees that all Byzantine Jews are to be baptized, by force if necessary.
Basil I Orders Forced Baptism of Jews (874)
Forced ConversionByzantine EmpireReligious PersecutionEastern ChristianityAnti-JudaismBasil IEarly Middle AgesReligious Law
GreeceGreeceTurkeyTurkeyBulgariaBulgariaNorth MacedoniaNorth Macedonia

✍️ Forced Conversions in Yemen

Forced mass conversions of Jews to Islam in Yemen.
Forced Conversions in Yemen (1165)
Forced ConversionReligious PersecutionYemenIslamic WorldMass Violence
YemenYemen

💀 Forced Mass Conversions and Killing in Marrakesh

Forced mass conversions in Marrakesh, over 1,000 Moroccan Jews are killed.
Forced Mass Conversions and Killing in Marrakesh (1232)
Medieval PeriodForced ConversionMassacreMarrakeshReligious Persecution
MoroccoMorocco

🔪 Massacre and Forced Conversions of Majorcan Jews

Massacre and forced conversion of Majorcan Jews.
Massacre and Forced Conversions of Majorcan Jews (1435)
MassacreForced ConversionReligious PersecutionMedieval SpainAnti-JudaismJewish CommunitiesMajorcaPogrom
SpainSpain