1217Imprisonment and Forced Conversions in Toulouse

French noblewoman Alix de Montmorency imprisons the Jewish p...
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✍️ 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 Conversions and Death in Fez

New Almohad ruler decrees that all Jews in Fez must convert to Islam or face death. Judah ha-Kohen ibn Shushan is burnt alive for refusing and Maimonides was displaced and permanently leaves for Egypt.
Almohad CaliphateFezForced ConversionMaimonidesReligious PersecutionExile
MoroccoMorocco

⛓️ Imprisonment and Forced Conversions in Toulouse

French noblewoman Alix de Montmorency imprisons the Jewish population of Toulouse for refusing to convert. She eventually released them all except for children under six, who were taken and adopted by Christians.
Imprisonment and Forced Conversions in Toulouse (1217)
Medieval PeriodForced ConversionReligious PersecutionToulouseChildrenAlix de Montmorency
FranceFrance

💀 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

💀 Massacres and Forced Conversions in Navarre

5,000 Jews are massacred and their houses are burned down following Anti-Jewish preaching by a Franciscan Friar from Estella, near Pamplona. That same years, the Jews of Navarre choose to burn their homes and synagogues and drown their children rather than be forcibly converted.
Massacres and Forced Conversions in Navarre (1328)
Forced ConversionMassacreSpainMedieval PeriodReligious PersecutionAnti-Jewish Violence
SpainSpain

🛐 Forced Mass Conversions in Baghdad

Forced mass conversions in Baghdad
Forced Mass Conversions in Baghdad (1333)
Forced ConversionBaghdadIslamic WorldReligious PersecutionMedieval Period
IraqIraq