Sentence examples for were forcibly converted from inspiring English sources

Those that remained in Persia were forcibly converted to Islam.

The Kafir of Nūrestān were forcibly converted to Islam in 1896.

Spinoza's Portuguese parents were among many Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity but continued to practice Judaism in secret (see Marranos).

A century ago, all the Afghan Kafirs were forcibly converted to Islam (the alternative was execution) and their homeland became Nuristan (Country of the Enlightened), a province of Afghanistan.

The decision met with heavy criticism from Hindu leaders and some rights activists, who maintained that the women were forcibly converted and that their cases would make Pakistan's already embattled minorities even more insecure.

If Greece stormed out, and damn the law, as it might yet have to do, it would suffer a run on its banks, as depositors withdrew euros before they were forcibly converted into devalued new drachma.

Some went to Portugal, only to be forcibly converted or expelled again.

Savers are anxious that their cash might be forcibly converted to a new Greek currency.

(The Idumaeans, or Edomites, had been forcibly converted to Judaism by John Hyrcanus).

On being told in March their children's school was going to be forcibly converted, the meeting exploded.

Today's Chuetas are descendants of Jews who are considered to have been forcibly converted in the early 15th century, decades before Spain formally expelled its Jews in 1492.