787 ⟶ Empress 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