Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion may continue, covertly, to adhere to the belief
A Protestant political cartoon satirising the Dragonnades in France
Registration of boys for the devşirme. Ottoman miniature painting from the Süleymanname, 1558.
"St. Theodora Church in downtown Chişinău was converted into the city's Museum of Scientific Atheism". —Andrei Brezianu
Cristeros hanged in Jalisco
Crypto-Judaism is the secretive adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith. Practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews".
Forced conversion
…religion or irreligion may continue, covertly, to adhere to the beliefs and practices which were originally held, while outwardly behaving as a convert. Crypto-Jews, Crypto-Christians, Crypto-Muslims, Crypto-Hindus and Crypto-Pagans are historical examples of the latter. The religions of the world are divided into…
The village of Belmonte, Portugal, home to a crypto-Jewish community for centuries, which was only discovered in the 20th century
Jewish religious items at the Metropolitan Museum of Monterrey.
An auto-da-fé in New Spain, 18th century