[selimthegrim]

The problem is that forced conversions are definitely part of historical record - look at Qutayba bin Muslim in Central Asia. It is true other dynamics such as language shift and material gain also played a role and it was gradual for the most part.

[jelliclesfarm]

So it’s good that we have separation of religion and governance in modern democracies..having learnt from our historical past, yes?

No religion will have special treatment or status over any other. This is win-win. Faith is personal, after all and this makes everyone free to follow their faith.

[elchangri]

Tbh this sounds like a nitpick. Prohibition does not have a 100% success rate, to state the obvious. But you really can’t compare a religion where its leader literally orders its members to forcibly convert others, to one where its law forbids it.

[selimthegrim]

What did the Prophet say about no two religions prevailing in the Arabian Peninsula?

[elchangri]

This just in

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-pope-albert...

[elchangri]

Look at the Canadian Indian residential school system or the Christian reconquest of Al-Andalus for textbook examples of forced conversions