Sentence examples for forceful conversion from inspiring English sources

The population of the ceded territories was of the Greek Orthodox faith, and when the Swedish government began forceful conversion to Lutheranism many fled to Russia and were replaced by Lutheran Finns.

That was in fact the first forceful conversion in the country after the Christianization of Bulgaria five centuries earlier.

The incidents recorded included murder, rape, the denial of access to public places, physical torture, land grabbing, forceful conversion, the looting of houses, and discrimination in schools.

In the late 1360s the region of Vidin resisted the forceful conversion to Catholicism undertaken by the Hungarian authorities and remained Orthodox.

Even before Hadiya and Jahan got married, last December, Ashokan had taken his concerns to court, arguing that the people behind his daughter's conversion had "unlimited resources in finances as well as manpower" and were enabling "illegal and forceful conversions".

Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza declared that the Mangalore Diocese would distance itself from the New Life Fellowship Trust, stating that the "Catholic Church does not believe in forceful religious conversion".

Another explanation is that the attacks were an angry response by Bajrang Dal over the allegations that the New Life Fellowship Trust were indulging in forceful religious conversion of Hindus and distribution of vulgar literature slandering Hindu gods and goddesses.

The nine leaders are accused of various charges including genocide, rape, murder and forceful religious conversions.

Despite stalled attempts to curtail such "therapy" in 18 other states, longstanding suspicions from the American Psychological Association and the White House's forceful call this month to ban the tactics, so-called conversion therapy remains legal for adults in all 50 states.

Pence is also a forceful opponent of marriage equality and a strong advocate of conversion therapy, which is outlawed in several states, and he even proposed to fund it with taxpayer dollars.

His forceful comments have made him a figurehead for the Church's public conversion to the cause of "Creation Care", or plain old environmentalism to those outside the Church.