Sentence examples for converted by force from inspiring English sources

Wirathu says part of his concern with Islam is that Buddhist women have been converted by force and then killed for failing to follow Islamic rules.

Jamroz Khan, a Muslim cleric in the valley whose grandfather converted to Islam 70 years ago, considers Kalasha customs to be wicked, but he said no one in the valley has been converted by force.

A heretic (i.e., someone who has been baptised as a Catholic but has since rejected orthodox Catholic doctrine) can rightly be compelled to return to the Church, but a Jew or unbeliever who has never been a Catholic should not be converted by force (Summa, 2 2, q. 10, a. 8).

Be passionate about your belief, but causing others to confess or convert by force will not change anger or fear to love or kindness.

Here, specific stacking sequences support the development of so called bistable laminates which are characterised by two distinct deformation states which can be converted by applying forces or bending moments.

We are just bringing them back to their original faith". Hindu fundamentalists, claiming that Christian missionaries and Muslim conquerors centuries ago converted Indians by force, have for years quietly sought to win them back.

The success is evident from the rapid expansion of a plant that was formerly a textile mill and which, during the second world war, was converted by the Nazi occupation force into a factory producing parts for V1 and V2 rockets, Hitler's so-called wonder weapon, which inflicted severe damage on Britain and other countries.

The hosts then moved ahead with two tries in as many minutes - the first converted by Whiting - as Westerman forced himself over to the right of the posts and Shaul took advantage of great work by Fetuli Talanoa.

Despite their victory the Persians renounced their plans to convert Armenia by force, and they deposed the traitorous Armenian governor.

Pope Benedict XVI has ignited a firestorm of protest from Muslims around the world in reaction to his citation of negative remarks about the Prophet Mohamed and the purported Muslim tendency to convert infidels by force.

Instead of expelling them, Portugal's King Manuel sporadically tries to convert them by force, though these so-called New Christians usually continue to practice their beliefs in secret.